China Censors the Oscars To Block a Hong Kong Protest Film

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The documentary short “Do Not Split” draws the ire of Beijing. In 2019, Norwegian director Anders Hammer traveled to Hong Kong to document the demonstrations that erupted after a bill was introduced allowing criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. It was the beginning of the end for Hong Kong’s political independence. Hammer’s documentary short, Do Not Split, takes …