“I owe freedom my life.”
This is what Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying, the media tycoon who founded Next Media and Apple Daily, said in a new film that tells of his legendary life.
The recently released documentary, “The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom,” was screened at Ashfield Civic Centre in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 26, with a discussion session following.
Produced by the Action Institute, the film combines interviews and speeches given by Lai before he was imprisoned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and interviews with Lai’s friends, presenting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement through the experience of this well-known figure….