Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot | Malay Mail

CANNES, July 16 — The Cannes film festival is set to screen a documentary on the 2019 crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement on Friday, potentially risking diplomatic tensions with China.chronicles the Hong Kong’s government violent suppression of protests sparked by the introduction of an extradition bill allowing Hong Kong citizens to be handed over to China for prosecution.

For around 152 minutes, the documentary explores the protest movement, which had no clear leader, from the inside. A wealth of footage of pitched battles and fighting around barricades shows Hong Kong police using extreme brutality.

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