Hong Kong Watch co-organises “Black Bauhinia” screening and panel discussion in Brussels
Hong Kong Watch and the European Democratic Party organised a screening of Black Bauhinia, a documentary about localism in Hong Kong, in Brussels, Belgium. After the screening, there was a panel discussion on the human rights situation in Hong Kong. The event was financially sponsored by the European Parliament.
Date: 22 March 2022 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 - 16:00 CET
Venue: Press Club Brussels, Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels
Chair of the Panel Discussion :
Engin Eroglu MEP, Member of the European Parliament
Speakers :
Dr Malte Kaeding, Director of Black Bauhinia, expert in localism of Hong Kong
Ray Wong, Hong Kong Watch Advisor, founder and former spokesperson for Hong Kong Indigenous, Hong Kong activist in exile
Finn Lau, founder of Hong Kong Liberty, Hong Kong activist in exile
Glacier Kwong, IPAC's Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator, Hong Kong activist in exile
Synopsis of Black Bauhinia:
Black Bauhinia is the first feature-length documentary film on Hong Kong localism and the independence movement, which fundamentally transformed Hong Kong’s domestic and international relations.
The debut film by director and co-producer Dr Malte Kaeding offers a balanced and critical assessment of a subject so complex and sensitive that local filmmakers have shied away from it. Based on Malte’s decade-long research on localism, he follows two young localist leaders’ emotional journey from electoral successes into prison and exile. The collaborative style of filmmaking allows for intimate reflections on the costs of resistance, self-sacrifices, and the meaning of home.
Throughout Black Bauhinia’s three-year production period, localism inspired the 2019 Hong Kong protests, while the ensuing government crackdown rendered the documentary into an outlawed element of resistance.
Black Bauhinia captures the ideas of a young generation that dared to challenge an authoritarian China.