Raise The Umbrellas
Four years on from Hong Kong’s 2014 democratic Umbrella Movement, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Raise the Umbrellas traces the movement’s lineage to the global Occupy movement, the 1989 Tiananmen protests, and Hong Kong’s democratic struggles since British colonial days, even as censorship and backlash against protesters intensify. The film highlights the movement’s eco-consciousness and its growing aspiration for independence, as well as the empowerment of women—'umbrella mothers'—and the rainbow-bridging activism of LGBTQ artists who became iconic. Incisive and intimate, driven by stirring on-site footage in a major Asian metropolis riven by protest, Raise the Umbrellas also presents anti-Occupy viewpoints that reveal the substantial political risk facing post-colonial Hong Kong’s universal suffrage ambitions to define its autonomy within China.
Director(s)
Evans Chan
Nora Lam
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Raise The Umbrellas FAQs
The directors of Raise The Umbrellas are Evans Chan and Nora Lam.
The cast of Raise The Umbrellas includes Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming as Self, Joshua Wong as Self, Benny Tai Yiu-ting as Self, Martin Lee Chu-ming as Self, Leung 'Long Hair' Kwok-hung as Self, Emily Lau Wai-hing as Self, and Denise Ho Wan-Si as Self.
The duration of Raise The Umbrellas is 1h 57 mins.
Yes. Raise The Umbrellas has 2 trailers on Fanbiz, including 2016.11.28 Evans Chan - Raise The Umbrellas. Watch them on this page.
Raise The Umbrellas was released on 28 Nov 2016.
Raise The Umbrellas is listed under Documentary on Fanbiz.
