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Age of Valiant
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Age of Valiant

Jan 27, 2020
0h 11m
★ 0.0

Overview

At the forefront of most of Hong Kong's demonstrations, 'frontliners' (aka 'the valiant', yung mo in Cantonese) are the black-clad, masked, often armed youth willing to use violence against the HK government and its heavily-armed police force. Willis Ho's remarkably revealing doc approaches from the inside, giving them voices and offering understanding, not judgment.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Next Digital Limited
NextFilm

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