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If We Burn

If We Burn

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 25, 2023

Runtime

4h 25m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

血在燒

Production Companies

Lianain Films

Director

James Leong

Description

Hundreds of thousands − perhaps even millions − of protestors have taken to the streets of Hong Kong since early June. Sparked initially by the government's plans for a controversial extradition bill, the movement has now transformed into a broader push for greater freedoms and democracy, with anger over police brutality fuelling a cycle of violence. The protests are Hong Kong's biggest challenge to Beijing since its return to China in 1997. If We Burn looks at the movement through the eyes of Hong Kongers whose fates, like their city's future, now hang in the balance.