Lessons in Dissent
A vivid portrait of a generation of Hong Kongers committed to creating a new more democratic Hong Kong. Schoolboy Joshua Wong dedicates himself to stopping the introduction of National Education. Whilst former classmate Ma Jai fights against political oppression on the streets and in the courts. Catapulting the viewer on to the streets of Hong Kong and into the heart of the action. The viewer is confronted with Hong Kong's oppressive heat, stifling humidity and air thick with dissent. Filmed over 18 months this is a kaleidoscopic, visceral experience of their epic struggle.
Cast
Joshua Wong
Self
Wan Ke Ma
Self
Videos
Storyline
A vivid portrait of a generation of Hong Kongers committed to creating a new more democratic Hong Kong. Schoolboy Joshua Wong dedicates himself to stopping the introduction of National Education. Whilst former classmate Ma Jai fights against political oppression on the streets and in the courts. Catapulting the viewer on to the streets of Hong Kong and into the heart of the action. The viewer is confronted with Hong Kong's oppressive heat, stifling humidity and air thick with dissent. Filmed over 18 months this is a kaleidoscopic, visceral experience of their epic struggle.
Recommended
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
2017
Fuck
2006
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
To Be Takei
2014
We Live in Public
2009
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
2012
The War Room
1993
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
Naqoyqatsi
2002
I Am Ali
2014
A Plastic Ocean
2016
The Red Pill
2016
More Like This
Freedom Downtime
2001
Les Champs de la colère
2017
Vietnam, Puerto Rico
Redwood Summer
1990
Looking for Fidel
2004
Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution
1971
...So Goes the Nation
2006
Tunnel Vision
2017
The Words That Built America
2017
Sacrée Sécu
2025
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
1983
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
2025