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Blue Island

Movie
2022
1h 37m
Cantonese
Documentary
Although the Chinese government promised that Hong Kong would retain separate status until 2047, in recent years the Chinese state has consolidated its power over the metropolis. Large-scale protests by the populace have been brutally suppressed. This mix of documentary, fiction, and visions of the future reveals the current state of desolate depression among the people of Hong Kong. “A desperate attempt to capture the final moments of a sinking island”, as maker Chan Tze-woon himself puts it.
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Directed By: Chan Tze-Woon

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miguelreina says...
2 years ago
[IFFR'22] The director of "Yellowing" (2016) now focuses on the 2019-2020 protests against the Hong Kong extradition bill. Like other filmmakers who began recording the student demonstrations, there is a greater maturity in the cinematographic proposal, here using historical recreations to establish the past of the civil movements as a political reference that has shaped civil disobedience today.
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Tze Woon Chan sets out to depict the current state of affairs in Hong Kong as the Chinese Communist Party continues to rewrite the treaty that saw it transfer from British rule in 1997 in this interesting but rather poorly constructed documentary. It follows a group of activists - old and young - as More
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