25 Oct 1996
Michael Collins
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
The Man Who Defied Beijing
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.
Top Billed Cast
Perry Link Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
Hao Jian Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter
Jean-Philippe Béja Self - Sinologist
Xu Youyu Self - Philosopher
Andrew Nathan Self - Sinologist
Bei Ling Self - Poet
Hu Ping Self - Journalist
Wu'er Kaixi Self - Student Leader (1989)
Liao Yiwu Self - Writer
Yu Jie Self - Essayist
Teng Biao Self - Professor of Law
Xia Yeliang Self - Economist
Chris May Self - Diplomatic
Liu Xia Self - Poet and Liu's Wife
Liu Xiaobo Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
Mao Zedong Self - Politician (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hu Yaobang Self - Politician (archive footage)
Михаил Горбачёв Self - Politician (archive footage)
Li Peng Self - Politician (archive footage)
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