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Raise The Umbrellas
directed by Evans Chan
20161h 57m
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Four years later, Hong Kong’s 2014 democratic Umbrella Movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, yet political backlash against protesters has intensified. Repeatedly the target of censorship*, Raise the Umbrellas traces the lineage of the massive Hong Kong protest to the global Occupy movement, 1989 Tiananmen, and its democratic struggles since British colonial days. Highlights range from the Umbrella Movement’s eco-awareness and its burgeoning aspiration for independence, to its empowerment of women -- “umbrella mothers” -- and the rainbow-bridging activism of LGBTQ iconic artists. Incisive and intimate, driven by stirring on-site footage in a major Asian metropolis riven by protest, Umbrellas includes anti-Occupy views that lay bare the sheer political risk for post-colonial Hong Kong’s universal-suffragist striving to define its autonomy within China.
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Joshua Wong
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Benny Tai Yiu-ting
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Martin Lee Chu-ming
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Leung 'Long Hair' Kwok-hung
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Emily Lau Wai-hing
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Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming
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Denise Ho Wan-Si
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Director
Evans Chan
Language
CN
