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AN ONLINE CITIZEN

Freedom Film Fest SG

Venue:

CloudTheatre.com

Date18 December - 26 December 2021

Time24-hours access


LanguageEnglish

CategoryFilm

Duration: 70 minutes

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Despite having no background or training in journalism, Terry Xu is chief editor, videographer, writer and webmaster of The Online Citizen, one of Singapore’s few independent media outlets. With a lean team and a tight budget, it’s a struggle to keep the entire enterprise afloat in an environment where mainstream media is government-controlled and the ruling party doesn’t look kindly upon dissent.

But with the introduction of anti-“fake news” legislation that would allow government ministers to become arbiters of truth, the environment in Singapore might become tougher than it’s ever been. Film by Calum Stuart.

Year of Production: 2019
Runtime: 25 minutes
Country of Film: Singapore
Language of Film: English
Subtitle Language: Mandarin
Filmmaker: Calum Stuart

Ticketing

Saturday

18th

Dec 2021

24-hours access

Until 26 Dec 2021

About

 

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Lynn Lee catches up with Terry Xu since the release of An Online Citizen, for an in-depth discussion around the repercussions of recently passed Parliamentary bills that have directly caused the website's closure and impacted ongoing actions of active civil society organisations. 

Panelist: Terry Xu

  • Engineer and Editor in Chief of The Online Citizen

Moderator: Lynn Lee

  • filmmaker and journalist

 

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