Hong Kong, China – While teaching in Hong Kong in 2011, filmmaker Ying Liang was banned from going home to the Chinese mainland after making a documentary about a Beijing mother trying to save her son from the death penalty.
Ten years after he accidentally became an immigrant, Ying tried to make the most of the city’s freedoms, even though he was under threat. National Security Act and repression of pro-democracy politicians and activists.
Just last month, Ying screened an offensive film for two dozen viewers at an art center.
“We need to take care of our freedom while we are still there,” he told Al Jazeera.