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Hong Kong: City on Fire (2022)
Directed by Lee Hiu-ling, Choi Ka-yan
Documentary · 1h 30m
Taking us from Hong Kong's 1997 handover from British rule into Chinese administrative control, all the way to 2019, when a controversial extradition bill is greeted with massive street protests, this urgent film beds in with Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrations, offering a frontline portrait of four young protesters through a year of struggle. We see their hopes for a freer life and feel their fears as the authorities crack down. Pulse-racing scenes bring the viewer to street level, where peaceful protest is met with fury and tear gas. Clear-eyed about the complications and contradictions that come with a movement that changed Hong Kong forever, Hong Kong: City on Fire is a brave document of troubled times.
Crew
- Director
- Lee Hiu-ling, Choi Ka-yan
- Editor
- Yip Yu Han
- Producer
- Sinead Kirwan, Mark Lacey
Details
- Original title
- 不作浮塵
- Release date
- 2022-11-22
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- CN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese
- Countries
- Hong Kong, United Kingdom
- Production
- Enemy Films, Dartmouth Films