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#Documentary about Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests Awarded Grand Prize in Taiwan

Source: Stand News #May3

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#Documentary about Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests Awarded Grand Prize in Taiwan

[Editor's note: The Hong Kong authorities had classified the two documentary films as Category III, calling it "unsuitable" for an audience below 18 years of age. The authorities also demanded a warning to be placed before the films]

Hong Kong protest-related documentaries has won awards across the world.

The award ceremony of the 12th Taiwan International Documentary Festival unveiled on May 6, 2021 in which "Taking Back the Legislature" and "Inside the Red Brick Wall" were awarded Grand Prize for the Chinese-language Documentary Category.

The Jury explained the prize was given for “the capture of passion and contradictions of the insurgency of a people”.

“The Jury wishes to thank the collective communion of the group of filmmakers… for contributing to our understanding of how cinema feeds the conscience and collective memory of the world in our era of overwhelming control and surveillance. ”

The two documentary films capture different moments during the 2019 anti-ELAB protests in Hong Kong.

"Taking back the Legislature" is a documentation of the first instance of an occupation of Hong Kong’s legislature on July 1, 2019, while "Inside the Red Brick Wall" is about the week-long siege of the police on Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) in November 2019.

Source: Stand News #May3
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Hong Kong's June 4 Theatre: "Not a red line, but the red sea out there; however, we're not doing anything illegal"

Previously, Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29982

Part 2

On June 4, 2021, the annual candlelight vigil in Hong Kong was banned by the policd on this 32nd anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre. Despite this, many Hong Kong artists and performers held memorials in their own ways, keeping the memories of the truth alive.

"June 4 Theatre", a stage performance group that has been commemorating the massacre for the past 12 year, was unable to find a performance venue. Instead, they changed this year's live show to an online script reading performance.

Producer Lit Ming-wai is well aware of the white terror every Hongkonger is facing: "The scariest is that they aren't telling you what law you broke; instead they ask you, 'what do you think you did wrong?' They make us constantly question ourselves: can I do this? Is that allowed? It's no longer a thin red line; it's a whole area, a vast, red sea."

Still, she says she will treasure the freedom of speech and creativity. "We're not doing anything illegal. I hope we can keep on."

Source: Stand News #Jun4
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Performance Artist Reminds Hongkongers to "Spread the habit of seeking out the truth"

Previously, Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29982

Part 2:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29994

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Although the Hong Kong Police banned the annual candlelight vigil in commemoration of the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre for the second year in 2021, Hongkongers found different ways to mourn the casaulties of the pro-democracy movement for the 32nd year.

A performance artist in Hong Kong hid 89 political cartoons with June 4-related images inside books at three independent bookstores across the city, waiting to be found by readers.

The unorthodox art display is titled "123570 - Hide and Seek" -- the name references the numbers that seem to be banned from public speech in China for 32 years, and now Hong Kong also.

The artist says that he wants Hongkongers to go searching, "and spread the habit of seeking out the truth."

Source: Stand News #Jun4
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Hong Kong Artist Invites the Public to Fill in the Blanks in "6:4" Ratio

Part 4:

Although Hong Kong Police banned the annual candlelight vigil on this 32nd anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre, the cordons cannot put out the flames of remembrance. Many artists and performers held memorials in their own ways, keeping the memories of the truth alive.

Hong Kong Artist Chan Ka-Hing designed an all-white t-shirt with no graphic, but only a flat, black rectangle -- with sides in the ratio of 6:4.

"Determining what message and memories the shirt conveys is left as an exercise to the observer," Chan reflected on the motif of his work.

Chan had been making art work of similar minimalistic style for the past two years on June 4. He aims to make it easier for the public to participate.

"Everybody can try it out, and do it on their own. Eventually, that idea or concept will become a connection for all of us," Chan said.

Source: Stand News #Jun4
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Previously, Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29982

Part 2:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29994

Part 3:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30004

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Hong Kong Artist on Current Turbulent Times: "We're bringing light into darkness"

Although Hong Kong Police banned the annual candlelight vigil on this 32nd anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre, the cordons cannot put out the flames of remembrance. Many artists and performers held memorials in their own ways, keeping the memories of the truth alive.

Political cartoonist Wong Chiu-tat created an image of a burning candle, and made it available for public to use as a phone background image.

"Every time you turn it on, you light a candle," he explains the message of the art.

"In the times we're living in now, this is even more meaningful: we're bringing light into darkness."

Wong scoffs at the Hong Kong government's aggressive crackdown on the #VictoriaPark vigil, "Our candlelight had never been in Victoria park; it's in each of our hearts. No one can take it away."

Source: Stand News #Jun4
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