Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation

Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation

2017•57m•7.5/10

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(2)

In 2017, twenty years after the British handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, young people, more politicized than any previous generation and proud of their land, do not feel Chinese and actively fight against the oligarchs who want to subdue them to China's authoritarian power.

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Production

Little Big Story, ARTE GEIE

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Benny Tai Yiu-ting

Self - Professor of Law

Eddie Chu Hoi-dick

Self - Politician

Emily Lau Wai-hing

Self - Politician

Johannes Chan Man-mun

Self - Professor of Law

Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong

Self - Politician

Leung 'Long Hair' Kwok-hung

Self - Politician

Martin Lee Chu-ming

Self - Politician

Nathan Law

Nathan Law

Self - Politician

Ng Ka-Leung

Self - Filmmaker

Regine Yau Wai-ching

Self - Politician

Robert Chow Yung

Self - Journalist

Sixtus 'Baggio' Leung Chung-hang

Self - Politician

Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming

Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming

Self (archive footage)

Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam

Self (archive footage)

CY Leung

Self (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

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