Raise The UmbrellasMovie
Four years later, Hong Kong’s 2014 democratic Umbrella Movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, yet political backlash against protesters has intensified. Repeatedly the target of censorship*, Raise the Umbrellas traces the lineage of the massive Hong Kong protest to the global Occupy movement, 1989 Tiananmen, and its democratic struggles since British colonial days. Highlights range from the Umbrella Movement’s eco-awareness and its burgeoning aspiration for independence, to its empowerment of women -- “umbrella mothers” -- and the rainbow-bridging activism of LGBTQ iconic artists. Incisive and intimate, driven by stirring on-site footage in a major Asian metropolis riven by protest, Umbrellas includes anti-Occupy views that lay bare the sheer political risk for post-colonial Hong Kong’s universal-suffragist striving to define its autonomy within China.
About Raise The Umbrellas
Raise The Umbrellas is a 2016 documentary movie directed by Evans Chan.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 57m, production credits from Hong Kong, United States of America, an original language code of CN.
The credited cast includes Joshua Wong, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Martin Lee Chu-ming, Leung 'Long Hair' Kwok-hung. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
