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Description
The Umbrella Movement shows how citizens’ passion for a more just future brings about a peaceful but powerful social movement, in the midst of defamation and attacks. This film documents what Hong Kong means to the interviewees, without any political intention.
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The Chinese Mayor—Mayor Geng Yanbo is determined to transform the coal-mining center of Datong, in China’s Shanxi province, into a tourism haven showcasing clean energy. In order to achieve that, however, he has to relocate 500,000 residents to make way for the restoration of the ancient city.
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