
The Man Who Defied Beijing
- Documentary
- History
A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.
Cast
- Perry Link
Perry Link
Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
- Hao Jian
Hao Jian
Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter
- Jean-Philippe Béja
Jean-Philippe Béja
Self - Sinologist
- Xu Youyu
Xu Youyu
Self - Philosopher
- Andrew Nathan
Andrew Nathan
Self - Sinologist
- Bei Ling
Bei Ling
Self - Poet
- Hu Ping
Hu Ping
Self - Journalist

Wu'er Kaixi
Self - Student Leader (1989)
- Liao Yiwu
Liao Yiwu
Self - Writer
- Yu Jie
Yu Jie
Self - Essayist
- Teng Biao
Teng Biao
Self - Professor of Law
- Xia Yeliang
Xia Yeliang
Self - Economist
- Chris May
Chris May
Self - Diplomatic
- Liu Xia
Liu Xia
Self - Poet and Liu's Wife

Liu Xiaobo
Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)

Mao Zedong
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Li Peng
Li Peng
Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Zhao Ziyang
Zhao Ziyang
Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Jian Zemin
Jian Zemin
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Bill Clinton
Self - Politician (archive footage)



















