Director: Sean Fleck Producers: Sean Fleck, Alan Parks
Description:
The award-winning documentary explores Hong Kong’s ongoing battle for democracy, as it fights against the Chinese Communist Party for freedom. The film includes interviews with pro-democracy protestors, activists, and academics, who shed light on the struggle for universal suffrage and the human rights violations that have occurred in Hong Kong. The documentary also delves into the impact of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Hong Kong, and how it created fear leading up to the 1997 handover of the territory from British to Chinese control. The film chronicles the continued resistance of Hong Kongers against Beijing’s authoritarianism, including movements such as the Umbrella Movement, Demosisto, and Scholarism. It also discusses the massive public opposition in 2019 to a proposed extradition bill, which led to millions taking to the streets. The documentary explores how the city’s freedoms and civil liberties, including freedom of speech, right to assemble, freedom of the press, and public dissent, have been curtailed by the Chinese Communist Party’s implementation of a new National Security Law. Additionally, the film features interviews with democratic and republican politicians who discuss the transformation of this international business hub into a Chinese-controlled police state following the imposition of the National Security Law.
Biography:
Sean Fleck is a cinematographer and director who has been in the stock footage business for over ten years. His work has appeared on hundreds of television shows, documentaries, and commercials. Some notable networks showing his work include Discovery Network, History Channel, A&E, and BET. Sean graduated from the University of Miami with a Motion Pictures & Sociology degree. As a student, he directed and edited a short film about Alpha 66, a paramilitary group in South Florida looking to overthrow Fidel Castro. In 1999, he founded Easystream Networks, one of the first live-streaming media services to offer production services. Sean has directed numerous live multi-camera webcasting events and concerts for known entertainment acts and Fortune 100 corporations.
