Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot
published : 16 Jul 2021 at 07:45
CANNES: The Cannes film festival is set to screen a documentary on the 2019 crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement on Friday, potentially risking diplomatic tensions with China.
A late entry slotted for the festival’s penultimate day, “Revolution of our Times” chronicles the Hong Kong’s government violent suppression of protests sparked by the introduction of an extradition bill allowing Hong Kong citizens to be handed over to China for…