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When a City Rises (2021)

香港:一座起来抗争的城市

84 min
Documentary
police brutalitystudents' movementpoliticspolitical activismprotestdemocracysocial documentarystudent protestprotestorsactivismpolitical historypolice siegepolitical documentarypolitical conflictpolitical rallypolitical youth organisationcollege campuspolitical violence

Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the world. But they share a demand for democracy and freedom. They have the will and the courage to fight – and they can see that things are going in the wrong direction in the small island city, which officially has autonomy under China but is now tightening its grip and demanding that ‘troublemakers’ be put away or silenced. Amid the violent protests, we meet a 21-year-old student, a teenage couple and a new father.

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Crew

Han Yan Yuen director
Cathy Chu director
Iris Kwong director
Ip Kar Man director
Evie Cheung director
Jenn Lee director
Huang Yuk-kwok director
Sinead Kirwan producer

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