Jennifer Ngo was working as a journalist in London when massive protests broke out in her native Hong Kong in 2019.
She watched news feeds and live streams with a mixture of “heartbreak” at the violence and “hope” that Hong Kongers were taking to the streets in the name of democracy once again.
“After 2014 there was a big social movement and nothing really changed, a lot of people were discouraged. So when 2019 came along, I was both terrified and hopeful that people are once again on the streets, and as a journalist I felt I had to be part of this, I had to document this,” she says.
Ngo headed back to Hong Kong to make her first ever documentary, “Faceless,” which focuses on the individual journeys of four young protestors (none of whom are named).
Following the film’s European premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ngo participated in...
She watched news feeds and live streams with a mixture of “heartbreak” at the violence and “hope” that Hong Kongers were taking to the streets in the name of democracy once again.
“After 2014 there was a big social movement and nothing really changed, a lot of people were discouraged. So when 2019 came along, I was both terrified and hopeful that people are once again on the streets, and as a journalist I felt I had to be part of this, I had to document this,” she says.
Ngo headed back to Hong Kong to make her first ever documentary, “Faceless,” which focuses on the individual journeys of four young protestors (none of whom are named).
Following the film’s European premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ngo participated in...
- 8/24/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
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