This was on Facebook, of all godforsaken places. An on-the-ground look at the 2019 and ongoing protests in Hong Kong from the students and activists determined to carve a democracy from the burgeoning control of mainland China.
The protests were mainstream news for a hot minute and then the pandemic hit. I think silence is often used as a tool to crush opposition, so I'm glad to see this documentary getting passed around, even if it is through goddamn Facebook. We might be halfway to a failed state ourselves, but we can still support the concept of democracy elsewhere.
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