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Episode 2 of our deep dive into the phenomenon known as ‘zouxian’ is now online. Why are so many Chinese migrants taking a risky overland route to the United States, and what happens once they get there?
Reaching the United States has long been the dream for would-be migrants travelling across Latin America.Thousands of Chinese have embarked on the dangerous ...
Photo taken near the end of our shoot in Los Angeles last year. We’d spent several months investigating a phenomenon known as ‘zouxian’ or ‘walking route’. On Chinese social media, the term refers to a perilous overland expedition through Latin America to the southern US border. Nearly every person in this picture knows what it means to be on that journey. Their goal: asylum and a new life in a new country.
The migrants we met spoke of terrifying boat rides, exhausting treks through dense rainforest, encounters with corrupt officials, conmen and gun-wielding gangsters, hunger, uncertainty and indescribable fear. Their stories are remarkable, but they are also not unique. A record number of Chinese took the walking route in 2023. The figure is likely to grow this year.
What’s behind these desperate journeys? What happens to the migrants once they arrive? Watch part 1 of our report here:
https://youtu.be/JPxBR1btHvk?si=AKxb_CuiXcO2OwBQ
Big, big thank you to Sharon Roobol for trusting us with this story, and to Nick Olle, Liz Gooch and Andy Mees for all the feedback and support.
9 years ago today. and outside government HQ in , just before the start of the .
, 16 June, 2019. Roads, jam-packed with Hong Kongers dressed in black - to mourn the passing of protestor, Marco Leung Ling-kit, who had fallen to his death a day earlier.
The demonstration was one of the biggest Hong Kong had ever seen. Organisers estimated a turnout of 2 million + 1. The +1, they said, was Marco, whose spirit marched with them.
Hong Kong, 9.6.2019
June 4, Taipei. Keeping the flame alive.
Pic of a young Chow Hang-tung in front of the Pillar of Shame.
Chow was placed in solitary confinement after declaring a 34-hour hunger strike to mark the 34th anniversary of .
Our latest documentary for 101 East - Al Jazeera is a collaboration with some of the bravest people we've ever had the privilege of working with - Rohingya citizen journalists, filming in secret inside Myanmar's Rakhine State.
https://youtu.be/hkZaWytHzCc
"Loaded with heart-wrenching and terrifying real-life moments, If We Burn is an incredible, powerful film that shows what happens when a people refuses to give in to oppression."
The fiery resolve of the Hong Kong people blazes furiously in James Leong and Lyn Lee’s brutal documentary.
Tickets for the UK premiere of "If We Burn" go on sale tomorrow. A 256 min film can be incredibly hard to programme - grateful to the folks at Hong Kong Film Festival UK for being so supportive.
Summer 2019. Hong Kong’s leaderless pro-democracy movement stuns Beijing and captures the world’s attention. ‘If We Burn’ is an urgent, immersive journey into the protests, and a meditation on what it means to resist.
So happy to be part of this exciting lineup. “If We Burn” will be opening the second edition of the Hong Kong Film Festival UK. Gala in London on 18 March. Screenings in Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham, Birmingham, Cardiff and Edinburgh on the 19th. Tickets go on sale March 1.
LONDON Sat, 19 MarchRevolution of Our Times*時代革命Genesis Cinema, London5:30 PM Sat, 19 MarchRevolution of Our Times*時代革命Genesis Cinema, London9:10 PM Sun, 20 MarchInside the Red Brick Wall*理大圍城Genesis Cinema, London2:00 PM Sun, 20 MarchRevolution of Our Times*時代.....
"If We Burn, a documentary from Lianain Films covering the 2019 Hong Kong protests, is a tour de force from start to finish."
Lianain Films’ four hour-long documentary “If We Burn” offers one of the most exhaustive retrospectives on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest movement.
'If We Burn' is number 8 on this list, with a score of 4.625 out of 5. Given the film's length and the fact that audiences have described it as "brutal", "challenging" and "traumatising", we were really not expecting this. Big thank you to everyone who voted.
https://iffr.com/en/iffr-audience-award-final-standings
Sold out world premiere of “If We Burn” at International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR. Great audience and a thought provoking Q&A.
Our latest for 101 East - Al Jazeera. Should Singapore heed calls to rethink its drug laws? What's really at stake?
Singapore is known for having some of the toughest drug laws in the world.The government insists that the death penalty helps keep the country safe. But a sp...
Looking forward to the world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR
'If We Burn', our documentary about the 2019 Hong Kong protests will be having its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Hundreds of thousands of men and women fill the streets of Hong Kong, wielding umbrellas as armour. Police brandish batons, and tear gas canisters explode. It is June 2019, and the city’s governor Carrie Lam is attempting to pass a bill allowing China to extradite people to the mainland for trial....
Our latest for 101 East - Al Jazeera. 'Right to Report' - on the state of press freedom in Hong Kong.
One of Hong Kong’s most popular newspapers no longer exists; its founder sits behind bars. Some journalists are fleeing the city, afraid they could be next t...
Our latest, for 101 East - Al Jazeera.
A fugitive Chinese businessman, his purported plan to take down the Chinese Communist Party, and the former supporters who now say they've been manipulated, harassed and scammed.
Credits:
Executive Producer – Sharon Roobol
Senior Producer – Nick Olle
Producer - Lynn Lee
Camera - James Leong
Australia Producer - Drew Ambrose
Australia Cameraman - Craig Hansen
Researcher - Yee Loon
Script - Lynn Lee
Editors - Martyn See, James Leong
Script Advice – Sharon Roobol, Nick Olle, Lizzie Gooch, Angel Koh
Since fleeing China for the United States in 2014, former real estate tycoon Guo Wengui has cultivated a reputation as a whistleblower and fierce critic of t...
"Candle in the Wind", our latest documentary for 101 East - Al Jazeera is now online.
A year after China imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, the city is a different place and dissent, a dangerous business. But despite the risks, some Hong Kongers refuse to be silenced. We spent many days this past summer following three of them.
Hang Tung Chow, 黃浩銘 Raphael Wong and 王逸戰 Wong Yat Chin were generous with their time and answered our many questions with humour and patience.
Shortly after we wrapped, Hang-tung was arrested and charged with "inciting subversion". She's been denied bail.
Raphael was handed a 14-month sentence for organising an unlawful assembly during the 2019 protests.
Twenty-year old Yat-chin faces multiple charges, but remains free, at least for now.
In Hong Kong, dissent has become a dangerous business. Activists have been jailed and many opposition politicians have been imprisoned and are facing crimina...
Our latest documentary for Al Jazeera's People and Power is now online.
Nearly a year ago, as the Singapore government started imposing sweeping measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 inside migrant worker dormitories, some residents began documenting their lives under lockdown for us. They sent us hours and hours of footage and shared regular updates on the events that were unfolding around them. This documentary is their story of the pandemic.
Thank you Jowel, Amin, Asit, 'BG', Nilsagar, Munna and Kiron. We know these past few months have been traumatic, to say the least. And yet you continued answering our questions. You kept filming even when you fell sick, when you were getting sent home, when you were afraid. Some of you even welcomed our crew into your homes in Bangladesh.
Thanks also to Dr Jeremy Lim, Dr Paul Tambyah, Dr Sudesna Roy Chowdhury, Alex Au and ‘Simon’ for speaking to us.
This is the first time we've made a documentary without filming anything ourselves. The pandemic kept derailing our travel plans and shooting schedule. Thank goodness for brilliant support in Singapore from producer Kirsten Han, cameraman Eric Youwei Lin, and researchers Subhas Nair and Weilee Yap. Not naming the team in Bangladesh for security reasons not linked to this project - you know who you are.
As the coronavirus spread around the world in early 2020 and governments grappled with the speed and scale of the unprecedented threat, the consequences for ...
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#HK, 16 June, 2019. Roads, jam-packed with Hong Kongers dressed in black - to mourn the passing of #antielab protestor, Marco Leung Ling-kit, who had fallen to his death a day earlier. The demonstration was one of the biggest Hong Kong had ever seen. Organisers estimated a turnout of 2 million + 1. The +1, they said, was Marco, whose spirit marched with them.
Scenes from the huge protest at Hong Kong airport earlier today. Authorities cancelled all flights and there are lots of rumours police are on their way. Most protestors have since left, but several hundred remain.
Here's another clip from the August 5 clearance of Sham Shui Po. Police raise a black flag before firing from height into a group of people. One woman shouts, "We're residents!" An old man stumbles away. A canister can be seen hitting a window.
Last night at 21:50. Police charge Man Wa Lane. Note the use of pepper spray on the unarmed protestor trying to retreat #HongKong #antiELAB #HardhatMovement
Former #Wukan Village Committee member Zhuang Liehong's fb account seems to have been deleted. Here's a video he posted earlier.
Day 25. #wukan
And this is how #Wukan responded to Chief Lin Zuluan's televised "confession". Thousands took to the streets, demanding that he be released.
Trial by TV. First the booksellers, now Wukan's Village Chief. Lin Zuluan "admits" to taking bribes. Villagers tell us they are not convinced.
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