The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019)
China would like the world to forget his name
2019 · 0h 59m · Documentary, History
Genres: Documentary, History
A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead.
Director: Pierre Haski
Writers: Pierre Haski
Music by: Nicolas de Zorzi
Cinematography: François Cauwel
Editor: Mathias Lavergne
Cast
Perry Link as Self - Sinologist and Liu's TranslatorHao Jian as Self - Film Critic and ScreenwriterJean-Philippe Béja as Self - SinologistXu Youyu as Self - PhilosopherAndrew Nathan as Self - SinologistBei Ling as Self - PoetHu Ping as Self - JournalistWu'er Kaixi as Self - Student Leader (1989)Liao Yiwu as Self - WriterYu Jie as Self - EssayistTeng Biao as Self - Professor of LawXia Yeliang as Self - EconomistMore like this
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