Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

Name: Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 26, 2017
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Joshua 'Chi-Fung' Wong

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 26, 2017 | TV-14

Starring: Joshua 'Chi-Fung' Wong

Summary: Unstable times can create the unlikeliest of heroes. When the promise of Hong Kong’s autonomy was at risk, 14 year old Joshua Wong decided to speak up. Amid the glistening cityscape, filmmaker Joe Piscatella introduces viewers to a teenaged activist who inspired tens of thousands to stand up for their beliefs.

Director: Joe Piscatella

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 79 min

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The Guardian Gwilym Mumford

May 27, 2017

Teenager vs Superpower does a solid job of contextualising this larger ideological battle, with talking heads and archive footage, but it’s always clear that the focus here is Wong. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

May 25, 2017

Piscatella and editor Matthew Sultan have shaped the kind of exciting you-are-there narrative that captures the feeling of underdog “naive” idealism transforming into a game-changing popular movement. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

May 25, 2017

Director Piscatella maintains an engaging grip on his unassuming subject’s ascendancy. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

May 25, 2017

Amid the fight, there’s a sense of hope as we watch one tough kid turning into one tough man. With luck, that will lead to a sequel. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

May 26, 2017

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower is not a great film on the order of Nanfu Wang’s “Hooligan Sparrow” or Alison Klayman’s “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,” both essential profiles of muckraking activists whistleblowing against government corruption in China, but it does have an equally great story to tell. Read full review

Allan Hunter

May 25, 2017

Wong’s indomitable spirit is what lends the film such an appeal. Read full review

Sam Adams

May 27, 2017

This is a film of highs and lows; there is no middle ground, no moment of silence, reflection or introspection. “Joshua” stays frustratingly on message. Read full review

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miapole

Jul 26, 2017

As a documentary this was incredible. It was informative, and - in my personal view more importantly - inspiring. It tells of an incredible and allows you to see what the world is like elsewhere. It lets you feel what they feel, and you are right beside them every step of the way. AAs a documentary this was incredible. It was informative, and - in my personal view more importantly - inspiring. It tells of an incredible and allows you to see what the world is like elsewhere. It lets you feel what they feel, and you are right beside them every step of the way. A brilliantly filmed moment of history that should not be forgotten.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Sep 6, 2017

It is very easy to talk about oppressive governments and the people who are trying to fight against them from a safe and neutral point.

What I liked so much about this documentary is that it shows what it means to fight against authoritarianism when your rights are about to be taken from you.

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