Hong Kong: City on Fire (movie)
不作浮塵- User score: 3.5
- Production country: Hong Kong, United Kingdom
- Producer: Lee Hiu-ling , Choi Ka-yan
- Production companies: Enemy Films, Dartmouth Films
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 11/22/2022
- Run time: 90 min.
Movie description
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.
