Hong Kong protests: filmmakers decry new law that could censor a moment in history

The 2019 protests spawned documentaries that may never see broad release amid growing intolerance of anything linked to the fight for democracy

When the DVD came back shattered, it felt like a sign. The creators of Hong Kong protest documentary, Inside the Red Brick Wall, had sent it to regulators for a screening approval, as they'd done numerous times before without issue. But this time the returning envelope was filled with silver shards.

We didn't understand why, but it was intentional," one of the anonymous creators says. They said it was broken by the DVD machine but it was intentional - it came back in pieces. It felt intentional, like they were sending a message."