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Hong Kong, the countdown

Production System TV
3 x 52 minutes direction P. Hercombe & D. Renouf
available version(s) : French, English

Hong Kong : one of the last British colonies, and certainly the most emblematic.

Between July 1st 1996 and June 30th 1997 System TV set up its cameras to follow the final year of British dominion over the city of a thousand faces.

 

The shadow of China hangs over a territory where capitalism and freedom of expression are the rule.