July
Verzio FF Submission Hong Kong's massive and unprecedented public protests and demonstrations in early July 2003 are documented in this film. In 2002 the Hong Kong government proposed legislation to be enacted, by July 2003, under Article 23 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. A protest march was called...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Yue Chinese |
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Cheung, Tammy
2004
Hong Kong |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:ffbfeef0-9bc7-4f45-8f27-5168cd68dc18 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
Hong Kong's massive and unprecedented public protests and demonstrations in early July 2003 are documented in this film. In 2002 the Hong Kong government proposed legislation to be enacted, by July 2003, under Article 23 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. A protest march was called for July 1, starting in Victoria Park. More than half a million people marched, most wearing black. Protests focused on the strict timetable and the government’s refusal to publish the legislation’s exact wording. The film shows individual and mass reactions to the proposed national security legislation. It preserves the speeches, songs, chants, posters, and banners, as well as the atmosphere, for those who were there, and introduces them to those who were not. By July 9, the legislation had been withdrawn and a rally at the Legislative Council Building, called in protest, became a celebration. “July” is a record of these events. |
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| Published: | 2004 |