| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, February 9, 2015 | 3:00PM - 5:30PM | External Event, Media Commons Theatre, 3rd Floor Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street |
East Asia Seminar Series
Registration required.
Filmed over 18 months, Lessons in Dissent is a kaleidoscopic, visceral portrait of a new generation of Hong Kong democracy activists. School boy Joshua Wong dedicates himself to stopping the introduction of National Education. His campaign begins to snowball when an interview goes viral on YouTube, with the new school year fast approaching; a showdown with the government seems inevitable. Meanwhile, former classmate Ma Jai fights against political oppression on the streets and in the courts. Lessons in Dissent catapults the viewer on to the streets of Hong Kong and into the heart of the action: confronting the viewer with Hong Kong’s oppressive heat, stifling humidity and air thick with dissent.
Director Matthew Torne, born 1980, was educated at the University of Kent and Oxford University, UK, and studied film production at the Hong Kong Film Academy. In 2002 Matthew Torne went to Beijing to teach English at China University of Political Science and Law.
Www.lessonsindissentmovie.com
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