Rehearsal of the Futures: Police Training Exercises
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The motions and gestures of military riot police, slowed down while performed by dancers, are surprisingly beautiful. Menace and violence estranged from context and time looks eerily strange, and all too familiar. In this gallery piece, Isaac Chong Wai somehow anticipates, a year early, key images of the Hong Kong protests.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2018-06-02
Runtime: 18 mins
Director: Isaac Chong Wai
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Rehearsal of the Futures: Police Training Exercises
Production Companies: M+
Production Countries: Hong Kong
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