Our Youth in Taiwan

What called democracy has made that place apartly. They were overheadind the justice in the name of justice that was what they are doing.

I watched this following the massive and continuing HK protests about the extradition law. I'm an overseas Taiwanese, like the film maker - a waishengren - with family ties to China and KMT. I'm also extremely moved by social activism, and in particular the bravery of the students. This documentary was not what I expected, it seemed meandering and so personal the narrative...but the depth, the length of time it tracked the two protagonists really gave me a deep insight into their decisions. It was very thought - provoking , and like their struggles, their story, and the HK, Taiwan, China struggles has no clear and simple denouement. I guess we have to keep watching.

Actually, due to the director's personal political position and farce that happened on Golden Horse, I had prejudged that both the film and the award it won were all DPP's political propaganda tools, however as I finished watching it, I found that the film contained a lot of content including political facts under the current situation in the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and not just the Sunflower Movement. On the contrary of my anticipation, because directors choose to focus on specific characters rather than record the movement in general, the film can let the public including the insiders and bystanders to have a broader and more accurate view of the essence of the Sunflower Movement and political stars it spawned, and even a deeper understand of politics if we look at the current situation of the characters in the film. The film fully deserves the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary.

A impressive documentary on social movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China