Cockroach

Name: Cockroach
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 18, 2020
Duration: 93 min

2020

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| Release Date (Streaming): December 18, 2020 | Not Rated

Summary: In February 2019, the Hong Kong government proposed a bill that would have allowed the extradition of criminal suspects from Hong Kong to face trial in mainland China. The controversial bill sparked immediate outrage over widespread fear of arbitrary detention and politically motivated trials that would decimate Hong Kong's autonomy underIn February 2019, the Hong Kong government proposed a bill that would have allowed the extradition of criminal suspects from Hong Kong to face trial in mainland China. The controversial bill sparked immediate outrage over widespread fear of arbitrary detention and politically motivated trials that would decimate Hong Kong's autonomy under 'one country, two systems.' Protests escalated into epic pro-democracy demonstrations, in part led by young people connected via social media. Cockroach, filmed during the height of the protests, captures the extraordinary intensity of an unprecedented era in Hong Kong's history.… Expand

Director: Ai Weiwei

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jan 8, 2021

Apart from anything else, it’s a spectacular action movie that begins with a shot that had me gasping: a Hong Kong protester on a rooftop is cornered by police and, in an attempt to escape, he tries climbing down the unstable scaffolding on the front of the building, with other protesters at street level screaming their alarm. The result is heartstopping. Read full review

John DeFore

Jan 8, 2021

The third doc Ai has released this year (following Coronation and the Sundance entry Vivos), it's among his most effective films to date — tightly focused and morally urgent. As an example of civilian/police conflict that has become literally incendiary, its relevance to current protests for justice in America should be obvious. Read full review

Kate Taylor

Jan 8, 2021

Mainly, it features dramatic footage of the protests, following the protestors’ logic as a leaderless movement coalesces on social media and crowd-sources strategies on the fly. Read full review

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