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The Exiles

We didn't know anythingabout America when I grew up, because your countryand my country...

We didn't know anything
about America when I grew up, because your country
and my country now is the imperialist country

Full Transcript

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We didn't know anything about America when I grew up,
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because your country and my country now
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is the imperialist country.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:51
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.
America was the leading advocate - The Exiles 00:09
America was the leading advocate
You are better than them." - The Exiles 00:10
You are better than them."
1% of the population makes all the money. - The Exiles 00:05
1% of the population makes all the money.
It causes a lot of ramification, - The Exiles 00:07
It causes a lot of ramification,
China is a class. You know, everybody was poor. - The Exiles 00:05
China is a class. You know, everybody was poor.
Majority of the people, - The Exiles 00:08
Majority of the people,
That was not what Lenin, you know, was proclaiming. - The Exiles 00:06
That was not what Lenin, you know, was proclaiming.
If you wanna progress, - The Exiles 00:06
If you wanna progress,
Analyzing the past, - The Exiles 00:07
Analyzing the past,
When you don't have any more past left, - The Exiles 00:07
When you don't have any more past left,
-[chuckles] -[tape rolling] - The Exiles 00:06
-[chuckles] -[tape rolling]
[pensive music playing] - The Exiles 00:35
[pensive music playing]
We remember the courage of the students, workers, - The Exiles 00:12
We remember the courage of the students, workers,
We all remember that they raised the goddess of democracy - The Exiles 00:16
We all remember that they raised the goddess of democracy
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