The Man Who Defied Beijing

The Man Who Defied Beijing

2019 | 58 minutes |

| U/A |

Rated 13+

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SMOKING, ALCOHOL

Director: Pierre Haski
Cast: Rebecca Vincent, Wu'er Kaixi
Awards: Rebel and Nobel Peace Prize winner

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What happens when you are a political activist in China? Liu Xiaobo was a prominent human rights proponent & a key figure in the 1989 Tiananmen uprising. He was arrested multiple times throughout the 1990s, and again in 2009 for a final time. What happened to him during his incarceration? Which of his predictions came hauntingly true for Chinese citizens?

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