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The Exiles

Why did I stop filming?

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Why did I stop filming?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:17
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.
I was only documenting when they became exiled. - The Exiles 00:05
I was only documenting when they became exiled.
So, emotionally, I didn't have that - The Exiles 00:07
So, emotionally, I didn't have that
Just thought it was just a short uprising, - The Exiles 00:08
Just thought it was just a short uprising,
So my footage really didn't mean anything to me - The Exiles 00:07
So my footage really didn't mean anything to me
[indistinct] year passed, clock started ticking. - The Exiles 00:06
[indistinct] year passed, clock started ticking.
Ten years, 20 years, 27 years. - The Exiles 00:06
Ten years, 20 years, 27 years.
None of these people could go back, - The Exiles 00:06
None of these people could go back,
So the negative was sitting there for years. - The Exiles 00:05
So the negative was sitting there for years.
[speaking Chinese] - The Exiles 00:13
[speaking Chinese]
"Your parents never told you?" "No." - The Exiles 00:11
"Your parents never told you?" "No."
I talked to a Chinese student, - The Exiles 00:08
I talked to a Chinese student,
I said, "How come you don't know about June 4th?" - The Exiles 00:12
I said, "How come you don't know about June 4th?&q...
[Christine] In Chinese, they say [indistinct], - The Exiles 00:07
[Christine] In Chinese, they say [indistinct],
Sensitive about what? That's why I'm just puzzled. - The Exiles 00:05
Sensitive about what? That's why I'm just puzzled.
Don't talk about June 4th. It's all past." - The Exiles 00:10
Don't talk about June 4th. It's all past."
So once everybody says don't, - The Exiles 00:08
So once everybody says don't,
You have no basis." - The Exiles 00:07
You have no basis."
And I think as a filmmaker, - The Exiles 00:10
And I think as a filmmaker,
[motorbikes whirring] - The Exiles 00:11
[motorbikes whirring]
I-- I'm just telling you, - The Exiles 00:07
I-- I'm just telling you,