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The Exiles

But also, historically, more than 10% of the American never even left their--their own...

But also, historically, more than 10% of the American never even left their--
their own hometown, their own states

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But also, historically,
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more than 10% of the American
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never even left their-- their own hometown,
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their own states.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:48
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Maiden Voyage Pictures

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Movie Summary

Documentarian Christine Choy tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre, in order to find closure on an abandoned film she began shooting in 1989.
[man reporter] Turmoil in China where Americans - The Exiles 00:16
[man reporter] Turmoil in China where Americans
[man] It's horrific what they-- - The Exiles 00:05
[man] It's horrific what they--
And everybody I think who wanted to be out of China - The Exiles 00:06
And everybody I think who wanted to be out of China
[man reporter] There is no rescue - The Exiles 00:33
[man reporter] There is no rescue
[man] Because of the student movement in Beijing, - The Exiles 00:17
[man] Because of the student movement in Beijing,
[Margaret] We think that it's a very clouded situation - The Exiles 00:11
[Margaret] We think that it's a very clouded situation
And to be perfectly honest for you, - The Exiles 00:10
And to be perfectly honest for you,
One thing I learned about democracy - The Exiles 00:08
One thing I learned about democracy
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, - The Exiles 00:08
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
If we find out that the people - The Exiles 00:20
If we find out that the people
It would make it extraordinarily difficult. - The Exiles 00:16
It would make it extraordinarily difficult.
And that's the way the Chinese system works. - The Exiles 00:05
And that's the way the Chinese system works.
The Chinese government covered everything up, - The Exiles 00:06
The Chinese government covered everything up,
The Bush administration says - The Exiles 00:10
The Bush administration says
In the conduct of foreign policy, - The Exiles 00:06
In the conduct of foreign policy,
And we should not become a party - The Exiles 00:08
And we should not become a party
And from this point of view that I am pragmatic, - The Exiles 00:06
And from this point of view that I am pragmatic,
[camera shutters clicking] - The Exiles 00:07
[camera shutters clicking]
[Wu'erkaixi] The last, uh, 30 years - The Exiles 00:08
[Wu'erkaixi] The last, uh, 30 years
The world is seeing a kind of totalitarianism - The Exiles 00:06
The world is seeing a kind of totalitarianism