Raise The Umbrellas
Raise The Umbrellas

Raise The Umbrellas

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1 hr 57 min

2016-11-28

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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

Joshua Wong

Self

Benny Tai Yiu-ting

Benny Tai Yiu-ting

Self

Martin Lee Chu-ming

Martin Lee Chu-ming

Self

Leung 'Long Hair' Kwok-hung

Leung 'Long Hair' Kwok-hung

Self

Emily Lau Wai-hing

Emily Lau Wai-hing

Self

Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming

Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming

Self

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