

The Man Who Defied Beijing
China would like the world to forget his name
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
59 min
Release Date
2019-05-14
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
6.5
Perry Link
Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
Hao Jian
Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter
Jean-Philippe Béja
Self - Sinologist
Xu Youyu
Self - Philosopher
Andrew Nathan
Self - Sinologist
Bei Ling
Self - Poet
Hu Ping
Self - Journalist
Wu'er Kaixi
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Liao Yiwu
Self - Writer
Yu Jie
Self - Essayist
Teng Biao
Self - Professor of Law
Xia Yeliang
Self - Economist
Chris May
Self - Diplomatic
Liu Xia
Self - Poet and Liu's Wife
Liu Xiaobo
Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
Mao Zedong
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hu Yaobang
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Li Peng
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Zhao Ziyang
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jian Zemin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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