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The Exiles

We all remember that theyraised the goddess of democracy in the imageof our own Statue of...

We all remember that they
raised the goddess of democracy in the image
of our own Statue of Liberty, how they quoted our founders,
how the tanks and troops crushed their protest,
but could not extinguish the flame of freedom
burning in their hearts

Full Transcript

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We all remember that they raised the goddess of democracy
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in the image of our own Statue of Liberty,
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how they quoted our founders, how the tanks and troops
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crushed their protest, but could not extinguish
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the flame of freedom burning in their hearts.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:27
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.
It's important for the world to know 30 years later, - The Exiles 00:10
It's important for the world to know 30 years later,
In the era of high-tech social control, - The Exiles 00:26
In the era of high-tech social control,
[Mi] They were killed by martial law troops - The Exiles 00:08
[Mi] They were killed by martial law troops
They were shot in the back by troops - The Exiles 00:07
They were shot in the back by troops
They were stabbed with bayonets - The Exiles 00:06
They were stabbed with bayonets
How is it that the Chinese government - The Exiles 00:06
How is it that the Chinese government
Not without the complicity of the international community. - The Exiles 00:06
Not without the complicity of the international community.
[Scott] The United States abandoned its own principles. - The Exiles 00:05
[Scott] The United States abandoned its own principles.
I think we ought to recognize the-- - The Exiles 00:06
I think we ought to recognize the--
[Jim] The Chinese government wants to rewrite history - The Exiles 00:06
[Jim] The Chinese government wants to rewrite history
I mean, the chapter is included - The Exiles 00:06
I mean, the chapter is included
[woman] The accumulation of wealth, um, - The Exiles 00:08
[woman] The accumulation of wealth, um,
You don't need to repress people, - The Exiles 00:09
You don't need to repress people,
And if you worry that the failure, - The Exiles 00:08
And if you worry that the failure,
I've chaired 68 congressional hearings - The Exiles 00:07
I've chaired 68 congressional hearings
As you all know, he was the operational commander - The Exiles 00:05
As you all know, he was the operational commander
And to his shame, Bill Clinton - The Exiles 00:07
And to his shame, Bill Clinton
Uh, and then he went to the Army War College and said, - The Exiles 00:17
Uh, and then he went to the Army War College and said,
It gives me no pleasure to say now that - The Exiles 00:07
It gives me no pleasure to say now that
I have waited a long time for the United States - The Exiles 00:10
I have waited a long time for the United States