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Hong Kong protests documentary breaks Taiwan box office record in opening weeks

Protesters gather for a rally in Victoria Park in Hong Kong in August 2019.
A documentary about the protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019 has set a box office record for an overseas Chinese-language documentary in Taiwan. Photograph: Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images

A film on the pro-democracy protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019 has broken a box office record in Taiwan for an overseas Chinese-language documentary within the first fortnight of its release.

Revolution of Our Times, directed by Hong Kong film-maker Kiwi Chow and which premiered at the Cannes film festival last year, has grossed around $17m NTD (US$600,000) as of Wednesday, the film’s distributor said.

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