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The Exiles

By the time I went to China, 2017, that's when things weregetting really, really scary

[speaking Chinese] [Christine]
By the time I went to China, 2017, that's when things were
getting really, really scary

Full Transcript

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[Christine] By the time I went to China,
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2017,
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that's when things were getting really, really scary.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:27
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.
"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,
Show him the picture some 20 some years ago, - The Exiles 00:07
Show him the picture some 20 some years ago,
[Wu'erkaixi speaking Chinese over laptop] - The Exiles 00:13
[Wu'erkaixi speaking Chinese over laptop]
I said, "You come from the heaven - The Exiles 00:06
I said, "You come from the heaven
I told them yesterday, - The Exiles 00:15
I told them yesterday,
Everybody there, there are like 20 cameras, - The Exiles 00:07
Everybody there, there are like 20 cameras,
"Like, this is not the news crew camera." - The Exiles 00:12
"Like, this is not the news crew camera."
-[Wu'erkaixi] Probably. -[crowd applauding] - The Exiles 00:05
-[Wu'erkaixi] Probably. -[crowd applauding]
I was just being driven from one place to another. - The Exiles 00:05
I was just being driven from one place to another.
Those days, I'll be really happy - The Exiles 00:07
Those days, I'll be really happy