Oscar-directed documentary "Hong Kong: The Covered Up Truth" (7) | Foreign interference?

Looking back at the 2019 anti-amendment turmoil, no matter how the incident turned into radical violence, I believe that most peaceful protesters will insist that they spontaneously participated in a "no platform" movement; Best Documentary Short Film winner, 16-time Emmy Award winner, and world-renowned documentary director Malcolm Clarke sees a different narrative.

In the seventh episode of his ten-part documentary "Hong Kong: The Covered Up" (Hong Kong Returns), which discusses the issue of "foreign interference", some interviewees directly pointed out that "the past 30 years" around the world The "color revolution" created a "revolutionary industrial economy" and spawned many organizations specializing in training and overthrowing the regime, and sent staff to the area to provide relevant assistance.

The seventh episode of "Hong Kong Returns" (Hong Kong Returns) featured the theme of "foreign power interference" - which is believed to be unbelievable to many "He Lifei" protesters, because they believe that this is a " The struggle without a big platform depends entirely on Hong Kong people's "brothers climbing the mountain and working hard on their own."

Cowens' observation begins with "How the Media Narrates".

In this turmoil, which can be called the biggest news in the world in 2019, the line between professional journalists and citizen journalists has become increasingly blurred, and traditional journalism ethics have also faced many challenges. For example, his lens once recorded such a scene: a photographer consciously Shutting the door to keep a young mainlander from hiding from the crowds who attacked him — but there was basically no media to reflect on this behavior, but at the same time, police violence was amplified.

“This is the case in the global media narrative, which has turned into a final confrontation between the pro-China camp and the pro-democracy camp. These media are not just simplifying, they are distorting and glorifying the truth. The Western media in particular has described the event as an ‘evil dictatorship, Strong suppression of the unfortunate, helpless people who only demand democracy', but it actually turned into hooliganism and extreme violence to deliberately destroy public facilities." "He came to Hong Kong to report on the "Glorious Revolution," but there was too much untrue information in it.

Eric Wishart, former editor-in-chief of AFP, pointed out that images can be easily manipulated. You can decide how to tell a story and you can image how things are going.

For example, many journalists are accustomed to simplifying complex events with "dual opposition" thinking, turning them into "good things and bad things, good people and bad people, heroic young people fighting against the evil empire".

Veteran columnist Nury Vittachi explained: “Whatever angle you take, which photo you choose, you can show violence on one side or the other. Both still and moving images are edited. If you try to watch an unedited video, you will I saw a completely different scene."

Take the police shooting incident in Tsuen Wan on October 1, 2019 as an example. After the incident, social networking sites and news media have widely spread such a scene: the police fired a shot at a protester (Tsang Chi Kin, a boy from Form 5), The other party immediately fell to the ground and shouted, "My heart hurts."

In the documentary, Ke Wensi provided the video of the scene before the incident: more than 10 armed demonstrators beat a policeman, another demonstrator was resisting the reinforcement police next to him, and then the policeman opened up to the demonstrators. gun.

The question is, who decides how to tell the story?

Nury Vittachi believes that this is definitely not an unorganized movement.

He cited a BBC report during the Occupy movement in October 2014, saying that the "Oslo Freedom Forum" had already held an event in Hong Kong at that time, and a BBC reporter described the forum as "feeling like a revolutionary school".

"The demonstrations quickly turned into extreme violence. It was a carefully orchestrated way to maintain that level of violence, not spontaneous. It was a demonstration strategy, with actual hands-on training, with a clear division of labor, logistics, coordination, guidance, mobilization. "Geopolitical risk analyst Phill Hynes mentioned that the "color revolutions" in the past 30 years around the world have created a "revolutionary industrial economy" and spawned many organizations specializing in training and overthrowing regimes, and these organizations have been active all over the world, such as BAM helped to build demonstrations, CANVAS Revolution Consulting provided training, and the Elbert Einstein Institute also indirectly provided various ideas and strategies to the movement leadership from the ideological level, including through demonizing, illegalizing, and dehumanizing the police. Acts to undermine the important pillars of the government, so as to achieve the purpose of overthrowing the government.

"It must be pointed out that some police officers do overreact," Cowens added, but he understands that it is a very special situation, such as the guerrilla warfare of the demonstrators putting a lot of pressure on the police, and they will also be frustrated and scared.

Likewise, protesters will inevitably become more radical in the face of tough amendments made by the SAR government and indiscriminate violence by some police officers.

Ke Wensi accepted an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" earlier, and bluntly expressed his anger at the European and American media's reduction of the anti-amendment turmoil as "a dispute between cowboys and aborigines". Thinking, I also hope that the Hong Kong people who have been torn apart for many times will let go of their prejudices and resolve conflicts.

"Hong Kong 01" is authorized to broadcast "Hong Kong: The Covered Truth", presenting readers with the "dangerous times" in the eyes of the British director.

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