Release Date

18 Dec, 2020

Runtime

01:33: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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 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.

Original Title

曱甴

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Actors

何韻詩

Joshua Wong

Claudia Mo

Leung 'Long Hair' Kwok-hung

Martin Lee

Emily Lau Wai-hing

Jimmy Lai

Albert Ho

Agnes Chow

Crew

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei

Raúl Gallego Abellán

Li Dongxu

Ma Yan

Alam Raja Vergès

Raúl Gallego Abellán

Punkgod

Florian Holzner