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Independent filmmakers: Film inspection authority stalls reviewing process and shutters anti-ELAB movement DVD submitted for inspection
“Inside the Red Brick Wall”, a documentary directed by filmmakers of HK Documentary Initiative was released on September 21 at the Hong Kong Arts Center. The film, centered on the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has captured one of the most intense confrontations between pro-democracy protesters and HK police during the year-long anti-ELAB movement in 2019.
When receiving the long-overdue Certificate of Approval, Ying E Chi Cinema was stunned to find the DVD of “Inside the Red Brick Wall” it submitted for inspection was “utterly shattered”.
When being asked, a staff member of OFNAA (Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration) claimed that they had “accidentally'' damaged it during reviewing process. Ying E Chi Cinema stated on its Facebook that “it had never occurred in almost 20 years since our establishment”.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept22
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Read how the negotiation between Ying E Chi cinema and the OFNAA unfolds on the cinema’s Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3063984707040934&id=261128170659949
Related article: Hong Kong Authorities Accuse Protest Documentaries of "Constituting Criminal Offences"
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/25426
Independent filmmakers: Film inspection authority stalls reviewing process and shutters anti-ELAB movement DVD submitted for inspection
“Inside the Red Brick Wall”, a documentary directed by filmmakers of HK Documentary Initiative was released on September 21 at the Hong Kong Arts Center. The film, centered on the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has captured one of the most intense confrontations between pro-democracy protesters and HK police during the year-long anti-ELAB movement in 2019.
When receiving the long-overdue Certificate of Approval, Ying E Chi Cinema was stunned to find the DVD of “Inside the Red Brick Wall” it submitted for inspection was “utterly shattered”.
When being asked, a staff member of OFNAA (Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration) claimed that they had “accidentally'' damaged it during reviewing process. Ying E Chi Cinema stated on its Facebook that “it had never occurred in almost 20 years since our establishment”.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept22
#WhiteTerror #FailedState #FreedomOfSpeech #HongKongCinema #IndieCinema
Read how the negotiation between Ying E Chi cinema and the OFNAA unfolds on the cinema’s Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3063984707040934&id=261128170659949
Related article: Hong Kong Authorities Accuse Protest Documentaries of "Constituting Criminal Offences"
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/25426
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#Censorship: Hong Kong Authorities Accuse Protest Documentaries of "Constituting Criminal Offences"
The Hong Kong government's Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (#OFNAA), which is responsible for approving…
#Censorship: Hong Kong Authorities Accuse Protest Documentaries of "Constituting Criminal Offences"
The Hong Kong government's Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (#OFNAA), which is responsible for approving…
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HK Health Department Fails to Offer Halal Food during 40 Hours
Arriving at the Hong Kong Airport from India, Hongkongers of Indian ethnicity spent more than 40 hours waiting before being transferred to the quarantine center.
To make it worse, the Hong Kong authorities failed to provide any halal food, nor to arrange a place for them to rest.
Among them, Asif, who speaks English, called the Department of Heath and request halal food for his wife and daughter; however, a staff of the Department of Health rejected his request.
Asif felt that the frontline staff sent by the govrenment have a language barrier and refuse to communicate. Also, they were not aware of halal food.
Pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo pointed out that the inadequate support and services might involve discrimination.
Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Leslie Chan called on the Department of Health and the Airport Authority to improve the English level of their frontline staff and provide special food requirement if necessary.
Tuen Mun district councillor Michael Mo Kwan-Tai also expressed concern toward the Airport Authority for out-sourcing tasks. He described the situation was worse than a refugee camp.
Source: InMedia #Sept22
https://bit.ly/3mDFTY9
#HalalFood #Airport
HK Health Department Fails to Offer Halal Food during 40 Hours
Arriving at the Hong Kong Airport from India, Hongkongers of Indian ethnicity spent more than 40 hours waiting before being transferred to the quarantine center.
To make it worse, the Hong Kong authorities failed to provide any halal food, nor to arrange a place for them to rest.
Among them, Asif, who speaks English, called the Department of Heath and request halal food for his wife and daughter; however, a staff of the Department of Health rejected his request.
Asif felt that the frontline staff sent by the govrenment have a language barrier and refuse to communicate. Also, they were not aware of halal food.
Pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo pointed out that the inadequate support and services might involve discrimination.
Yau Tsim Mong District Councillor Leslie Chan called on the Department of Health and the Airport Authority to improve the English level of their frontline staff and provide special food requirement if necessary.
Tuen Mun district councillor Michael Mo Kwan-Tai also expressed concern toward the Airport Authority for out-sourcing tasks. He described the situation was worse than a refugee camp.
Source: InMedia #Sept22
https://bit.ly/3mDFTY9
#HalalFood #Airport