The Man Who Defied Beijing
2019 · Pierre Haski · 59 min
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.
Perry LinkSelf - Sinologist and Liu's TranslatorHao JianSelf - Film Critic and ScreenwriterJean-Philippe BéjaSelf - SinologistXu YouyuSelf - PhilosopherAndrew NathanSelf - SinologistBei LingSelf - PoetHu PingSelf - Journalist
Wu'er KaixiSelf - Student Leader (1989)Liao YiwuSelf - WriterYu JieSelf - EssayistTeng BiaoSelf - Professor of LawXia YeliangSelf - EconomistChris MaySelf - DiplomaticLiu XiaSelf - Poet and Liu's Wife
Liu XiaoboSelf - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
Wu'er KaixiSelf - Student Leader (1989)Liao YiwuSelf - WriterYu JieSelf - EssayistTeng BiaoSelf - Professor of LawXia YeliangSelf - EconomistChris MaySelf - DiplomaticLiu XiaSelf - Poet and Liu's WifeLiu XiaoboSelf - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
