reVIEW interviews filmmakers behind ‘Hong Kong: Occupy Central’
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Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2015 · News & Politics
One particular Al Jazeera English programme had our online community buzzing this week: People & Power’s three-part report that went behind the scenes with a pro-democracy campaign trying to ensure free elections in Hong Kong. The reVIEW spoke to the filmmakers behind the special series, James Leong and Lynn Lee, on how they charted the origins and rise of the Occupy Central protest movement, and how, with Beijing refusing to budge and the Hong Kong police closing in, the Umbrella Movement's optimism began to fade. - For more, visit reVIEW's Behind the Screens page: http://www.aljazeera.com/review/behind-the-screens.html *** Have your say! We want to hear from YOU. Have any questions or comments about Al Jazeera’s coverage? The reVIEW is where you can send YOUR feedback on Al Jazeera's coverage of events. The questions and comments you send in are put directly to hosts and producers, so get involved! Record your video comment here: http://www.aljazeera.com/review/ and be in the next webisode! Let #AJreVIEW know YOUR view: Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajreview Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AJE.Review Al Jazeera’s most viewed news coverage, the week’s most popular documentaries, the inside story on how we get our stories, all available at the click of a button on: http://www.aljazeera.com/review/.
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