This 'Frontline' documentary captures the anger of the Hong Kong protests in vivid detail
In the opening scene of the brutally eloquent “Battle for Hong Kong” crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators surround the car of an off-duty policeman and succeed in beating him bloody, armed though he is. The time is early October 2019, in the midst of massive antigovernment protests in Hong Kong.
Dazed and furious as he examines his wounds, the officer waves his gun and phones in for backup, saying he’s been beaten up, as the taunting crowd moves away. A male voice is heard daring him to put the gun away and fight him. It’s clear throughout this documentary largely built on remarkably graphic...
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