The theatrical release of low-budget slasher movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” in Hong Kong has been abruptly canceled just two days before its scheduled outing. No explanation has been offe…
No explanation has been offered, but suspicions that the film may have crossed one of Hong Kong’s increasingly complicated political red lines are certain to be raised.
The film was to be distributed in Hong Kong by indie outfit VII Pillars and was scheduled for release on Thursday. On Tuesday evening the company announced that it was cancelling the release. The most far-reaching of these has been the National Security Law injected into Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law, in mid 2020. This specifies offenses of subversion, secession, terrorism and foreign collusion as its four main pillars. Offenders risk life imprisonment.
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