Hong Kong Bans Film Over One-Second Scene Showing 2014 Protest
- Producers refused to cut frames showing the Umbrella Movement
- Films contrary to national security law banned under new rules
Tents outside the Central Government Offices in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong in December 2014.
Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg
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Hong Kong censors have banned an award-winning animation from being shown over a one-second scene depicting the 2014 pro-democracy protests, local media reported, in the latest sign of free speech curbs in the finance hub.
“Losing Sight of a Longed Place,” an eight-minute film about a young gay man’s struggles in Hong Kong, was scheduled to screen Sunday at a local film show organized by the Ground Up Film Society.