{"id":70330,"date":"2017-01-25T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=70330 "},"modified":"2017-01-25T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:16:00","slug":"70330-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=70330","title":{"rendered":"Netflix to feature documentary on HK activist Joshua Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"

24 January 2017<\/span><\/p>

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Video-streaming giant Netflix has acquired the distribution rights for a documentary about Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong.<\/span><\/p>

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The film chronicles his political life focusing on his role in the 2014 protests which made him an icon at 16.<\/span><\/p>

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Hong Kong<\/span>‘s so-called Umbrella Movement demanded universal suffrage for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.<\/span><\/p>

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Currently, the leader of the city is elected by a 1,200 member committee, seen as pro-Beijing.<\/span><\/p>

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In unprecedented scenes, the 2014 protests saw the streets of central Hong Kong filled and blocked by angry crowds demanding a fully democratic selection process.<\/span><\/p>

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At the time Joshua Wong, one of the student leaders, was held up as the unofficial “poster boy” of the movement and even made it to the cover of Time Magazine.<\/span><\/p>

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The documentary will be available to Netflix’s 93 million subscribers worldwide, but not in China where the service is not available.<\/span><\/p>

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Hong Kong’s democracy debate<\/span><\/p>

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PIs this proof Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Protests’ failed?<\/span><\/p>

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“Courage, resilience and youthful idealism”<\/span><\/p>

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The deal was announced days after the premiere of “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” at the Sundance Film Festival on 20 January.<\/span><\/p>

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Directed by Joe Piscatella, the documentary follows Mr Wong, now 20-years-old, from 2012 to 2016.<\/span><\/p>

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After winning no concessions from the Chinese government, Mr Wong’s latest political move has been the establishment of his political party “Demosisto”.<\/span><\/p>

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In a press release, Netflix describes the documentary as “a remarkable portrait of courage, resilience and youthful idealism”.<\/span><\/p>

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“In an era where we are witnessing heightened civic participation and freedom of expression, we are pleased to offer a global platform for audiences to engage on these issues,” says Netflix VP of Original Documentaries Lisa Nishimura.<\/span><\/p>

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Andrew Duncan, one of the documentary’s producers, says: “Their global platform will allow us to share Joshua’s message about the importance of due process of law and freedom of speech with a worldwide audience.”<\/span><\/p>

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According to Hollywood Reporter, the rights were sold “in the low-seven-figure range”.<\/span><\/p>

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In a letter to shareholders dated October 17, 2016, Netflix said: “We now plan to license content to existing online service providers in China rather than operate our own service in China in the near term.”<\/span><\/p>

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“The regulatory environment for foreign digital content services in China has become challenging.”<\/span><\/p>

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Netflix said it hoped to launch the service in China eventually, but did not say when.<\/span><\/p>

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