People near an ad for Disney’s film Mulan at a cinema in Hong Kong on September 8 2020. Picture: REUTERS/ALEKSANDER SOLUM
An online boycott that began in 2019, when one of the stars spoke in support of the crackdown on anti-China protesters in Hong Kong, has continued. Now, Disney is facing heat for filming in a part of China where the government has detained as many as 1-million ethnic Uighurs in camps called “voluntary education centres”, then thanking that region’s authorities in the movie’s credits.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re called before Congress,” said Stanley Rosen, a political-science professor and specialist on China at the University of Southern California.It certainly didn’t begin this way when Disney started work on the film more than five years ago. “We spent a great deal of time with scholars, consultants and various creative people really listening to how they look at the world,” Reed said.Then Liu, the film’s star, voiced her support for the mainland Chinese government during Hong Kong pro-democracy protests last year. A #BoycottMulan movement began trending on Twitter.
International criticism has been building over the camps for several years, with the US sanctioning officials from the region and European governments condemning the repression of Uighurs. China has sought to defend them by calling them “education” camps that Uighurs attend voluntarily, even though a visit to one last year showed dormitories featuring bars on the windows and doors that only lock from the outside.The financial impact of the controversies aboutremains to be seen.
Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)
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