On January 1 this year, a short music video (MV) of the Hong Kong protest song “Hands and Feet”, composed by Hong Kong singer Yuen Man On and Yuen Long District Councilor Kwong Chun Yu, was released on the oil pipe. The song was composed and sung by Ruan Minan, with lyrics written by Kwong Chun-yu, and more than ten people including Kwong Chun-yu, Shatin District Councilor and former convenor of the Hong Kong Civil Human Rights Front, and Hong Kong local activist Lau Ying-hong, participated in the music video. Previously, in November 2019, Yuen and Kwong released their anti-SEC song “The Promise of a Potted Bottom”, which was widely sung and received 1.55 million views on the oil pipe website. On November 19 last year, with the passage of the “Hong Kong National Security Law”, Nguyen said he would write a new song “Hands and Feet” with Kwong.
The term “hands and feet” is a term used by protesters in Hong Kong to refer to each other, a tradition that originated when Kwong referred to protesters as “hands and feet” in an interview with Apple Daily in June 2019.
In the short music video of the song “Hands and Feet” released on New Year’s Day this year, it tells the story of a hypothetical event that took place on the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the anti-China movement: a female protagonist who supports and sympathizes with the protest movement is provoked on the street for political reasons, and is saved by a male protagonist who still persists in his silent struggle, and is eventually led by the male protagonist to meet many people who persist in the struggle and eventually join their ranks. In the 7-minute short music film, the main story line evolves with Nguyen Min An’s song, interspersed with live footage and sound effects of Hong Kong’s anti-China movement. This compelling form of artistic expression integrates the anti-China movement with the time and space in which the story is set.
As of 10:00 a.m. Western time on January 6, the short film has received 170,000 views and 20,000 likes in only six days, but only 1,045 “stomps” against it.
On Facebook, Nguyen Minh Anh said on January 3, “The process of making this song is 100 times more difficult than making “The Promise of the Bottom of the Pot”. Because of the National Security Evil Law, every word spoken has a price. 2020 Some words became forbidden, even though some people were silenced, but I still wanted to record the times with my work.” He also believes that “all involved in this production will have a degree of risk. But everyone wanted to do something more for the people of Hong Kong, so it all came together.”
In the early morning of January 6, the National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police Force arrested at least 50 pro-democracy and local activists who had participated in the primary election of the pro-democracy camp for the 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council election under the “Hong Kong National Security Law” and charged them with the so-called “subversion of state power They were charged with the so-called “subversion of state power. Among those arrested were Kwong Chun-yu, Sham Tze Kit and Lau Wing-hong, who participated in the creation and filming of the “Hands and Feet” music video.
Vicente, a Hong Kong exile protester who now lives in New York State, commented on the above events in an interview with reporters on Jan. 6. He said, “When I first listened to the song ‘Hands and Feet’ and watched the music video of Hands and Feet, I was really in tears, crying while watching it. Inside this valley of struggle, in this period of endless daily suffering, it was really moving to hear this inspiring song and see this music video that can evoke many memories.”
He added, “Today, people who participated in the democratic primary election were arrested by the National Security Bureau, and three of them participated in the filming of this music video, including lyricist Kwong Chun-yu, Sham Tsz-kit and Lau Ying-hong. I would like to say thank you to them and wish you all the best. Your bravery will definitely be recorded in history. Your faith will surely be passed on to more hands and feet. The day we return in triumph, (we will) meet with you and every hand and foot at the bottom of the boiler (press: the bottom of the boiler is a term used in the anti-sending protest in Hong Kong, referring to the underground demonstration area of the Legislative Council Complex in Hong Kong, which originated because the Legislative Council Chamber building looks like a rice cooker).”
For her part, Ms. Lee, a Hong Kong resident now living in the eastern United States, told reporters that the current mass arrests in Hong Kong may foreshadow larger arrests thereafter. She believes that after a large number of arrests of localists and democrats, more prominent members of society and ordinary citizens will also become the next round of victims. I can’t think of any way to fight this except a higher level of resistance,” she said. It’s a very pessimistic and grim situation.”
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