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The Exiles

This isa CBS News special report. From CBS News headquartersin New York, here is Dan...

[film clicking] [reporter] This is
a CBS News special report. From CBS News headquarters
in New York, here is Dan Rather. [Dan] Good evening.
We're delaying the start of tonight's
edition of West 57th to bring you up to date on the momentous events
happening in China

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[reporter] This is a CBS News special report.
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From CBS News headquarters in New York,
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here is Dan Rather.
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[Dan] Good evening. We're delaying
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the start of tonight's edition of West 57th
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to bring you up to date
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on the momentous events happening in China.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:53
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.
[reporter 1] This is one of those days on which - The Exiles 00:19
[reporter 1] This is one of those days on which
And in the hotel room, - The Exiles 00:10
And in the hotel room,
When I started to see the footage, - The Exiles 00:09
When I started to see the footage,
[trumpet instrumental playing] - The Exiles 00:18
[trumpet instrumental playing]
They were young, they were 18. College students. - The Exiles 00:05
They were young, they were 18. College students.
Never even dreamed about that your own people will kill you. - The Exiles 00:06
Never even dreamed about that your own people will kill you.
[reporter 5] This huge demonstration is continuing. - The Exiles 00:19
[reporter 5] This huge demonstration is continuing.
They were talking about, - The Exiles 00:08
They were talking about,
[speaking Chinese] - The Exiles 00:21
[speaking Chinese]
[gunshots] - The Exiles 00:57
[gunshots]
[reporter 5] Ambulances screamed up to the troop line - The Exiles 00:10
[reporter 5] Ambulances screamed up to the troop line
[reporter 5] The bicycle rickshaw - The Exiles 00:43
[reporter 5] The bicycle rickshaw
As of today, - The Exiles 00:08
As of today,
The Chinese government never released the exact number - The Exiles 00:07
The Chinese government never released the exact number
The apparent architect of the Beijing massacre, - The Exiles 00:10
The apparent architect of the Beijing massacre,
He ordered the protest leaders to surrender, - The Exiles 00:07
He ordered the protest leaders to surrender,
Nearly everyone connected to the pro-freedom movement - The Exiles 00:07
Nearly everyone connected to the pro-freedom movement
Someone asked me, these people, - The Exiles 00:11
Someone asked me, these people,
At the time, it was not even refugee, - The Exiles 00:09
At the time, it was not even refugee,
They contacted me, - The Exiles 00:08
They contacted me,