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The Man Who Defied Beijing

The Man Who Defied Beijing

China would like the world to forget his name
May 14, 2019 59m
6.5
2 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title The Man Who Defied Beijing
Companies ARTE GEIE, Pictanovo, RTBF, Hikari
Countries Belgium, France, Germany
Keywords biography, political activist, nobel peace prize, communist china, political repression, portrait of an artist, celebrity interview, tiananmen square, persecuted writer, last interview
Perry Link

Perry Link

Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
Hao Jian

Hao Jian

Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter
Jean-Philippe Béja

Jean-Philippe Béja

Self - Sinologist
Xu Youyu

Xu Youyu

Self - Philosopher
Andrew Nathan

Andrew Nathan

Self - Sinologist
Bei Ling

Bei Ling

Self - Poet
Hu Ping

Hu Ping

Self - Journalist
Wu'er Kaixi

Wu'er Kaixi

Self - Student Leader (1989)
Liao Yiwu

Liao Yiwu

Self - Writer
Yu Jie

Yu Jie

Self - Essayist
Teng Biao

Teng Biao

Self - Professor of Law
Xia Yeliang

Xia Yeliang

Self - Economist
Chris May

Chris May

Self - Diplomatic
Liu Xia

Liu Xia

Self - Poet and Liu's Wife
Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo

Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Li Peng

Li Peng

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Zhao Ziyang

Zhao Ziyang

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jian Zemin

Jian Zemin

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self - Politician (archive footage)