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The Man Who Defied Beijing

"China would like the world to forget his name"

A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.

Top Cast

  • Perry Link

    Perry Link

    Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator

  • Hao Jian

    Hao Jian

    Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter

  • Jean-Philippe Béja

    Jean-Philippe Béja

    Self - Sinologist

  • Xu Youyu

    Xu Youyu

    Self - Philosopher

  • Andrew Nathan

    Andrew Nathan

    Self - Sinologist

  • Bei Ling

    Bei Ling

    Self - Poet

  • Hu Ping

    Hu Ping

    Self - Journalist

  • Wu'er Kaixi

    Wu'er Kaixi

    Self - Student Leader (1989)

  • Liao Yiwu

    Liao Yiwu

    Self - Writer

Overview

A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.

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