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Dissidents

Dissidents

Not even exile is safe

2025 · 75 min · Documentary

An artist's sculpture is burnt down, a protester is charged with a criminal case, and a democracy movement is violently attacked. In the United States, three Chinese dissidents fight for democracy against a superpower through art, petition, and grassroots organizing, but not even exile is safe.

Directed by Yi Chen

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