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Democracy and memory in a Hong Kong independent documentary

What is it about?

Remembering is political. This essay shows how acts of collective memory can be more democratic by remembering the losers of political struggles, using an independent Hong Kong documentary about the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests as an example.

Why is it important?

This essay offers an important lesson about how democracy can work through practices of collective memory, and thus, illustrates how democracy can exist and grow even during periods of rising authoritarianism.

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