Denise Ho — Becoming the Songpresents a thoughtful, if surprisingly reserved portrait, of Hong Kong-born, Montreal-reared singer Denise Ho, the first Cantopop superstar to come out publicly as gay.
Not long after weathering the storm that followed, Ho also became a political activist, marching alongside pro-democracy protesters in the 2014 Umbrella movement and supporting protests against China’s new extradition laws for Hong Kong residents, which stirred up violent confrontations in the streets recently.
Debuting Stateside on digital platforms on July 1 means the film missed being released during Pride month by just one day. However, given that on June 30 the Chinese Communist Party passed measures that will essentially criminalize dissent.
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