The Man Who Defied Beijing
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. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.
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The Man Who Defied Beijing
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
May 14, 2019
Runtime
0h 59m
Genres
Documentary, History
User Score
65%
Original Title
L'Homme qui a défié Pékin
Production Companies
ARTE GEIE, Pictanovo, RTBF, Hikari
Director
Pierre Haski
Description
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. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.