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It felt just like filming
in China. The surveillance
and the intimidation made it hard to do
basic things, like having a meeting
or accessing the internet, let alone carrying out
campaigns to challenge the authorities. It was clear that Rosa's plan
to coordinate protest actions was impossible
under these circumstances. So, for the moment,
she decided to return to the U.S. (soft music playing) (birds chirping) (motorcycle zooming) (spoon clinking, stirring) (Ofelia speaking Spanish)
in China. The surveillance
and the intimidation made it hard to do
basic things, like having a meeting
or accessing the internet, let alone carrying out
campaigns to challenge the authorities. It was clear that Rosa's plan
to coordinate protest actions was impossible
under these circumstances. So, for the moment,
she decided to return to the U.S. (soft music playing) (birds chirping) (motorcycle zooming) (spoon clinking, stirring) (Ofelia speaking Spanish)
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It felt just like filming
in China.
00:00:03.169 --> 00:00:05.712
The surveillance
and the intimidation
00:00:05.713 --> 00:00:07.922
made it hard to do
basic things,
00:00:07.923 --> 00:00:11.176
like having a meeting
or accessing the internet,
00:00:11.177 --> 00:00:13.001
let alone carrying out
campaigns
00:00:13.054 --> 00:00:15.264
to challenge the authorities.
00:00:16.932 --> 00:00:20.477
It was clear that Rosa's plan
to coordinate protest actions
00:00:20.478 --> 00:00:23.939
was impossible
under these circumstances.
00:00:25.107 --> 00:00:27.067
So, for the moment,
she decided
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to return to the U.S.
00:00:30.404 --> 00:00:33.365
(soft music playing)
00:00:33.366 --> 00:00:35.493
(birds chirping)
00:00:37.536 --> 00:00:39.058
(motorcycle zooming)
00:00:41.123 --> 00:00:43.376
(spoon clinking, stirring)
00:00:44.251 --> 00:00:46.504
(Ofelia speaking Spanish)
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Movie Summary
For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang followed Rosa Maria Paya, daughter of the five time Nobel Peace Prize nominated activist, Oswaldo Paya, in Rosa's fight for democracy.
