Full Cast & Crew

Perry Link as Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator

Hao Jian as Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter

Jean-Philippe Béja as Self - Sinologist

Xu Youyu as Self - Philosopher

Andrew Nathan as Self - Sinologist

Bei Ling as Self - Poet

Hu Ping as Self - Journalist

Wu'er Kaixi as Self - Student Leader (1989)

Liao Yiwu as Self - Writer

Yu Jie as Self - Essayist

Teng Biao as Self - Professor of Law

Xia Yeliang as Self - Economist

Chris May as Self - Diplomatic

Liu Xia as Self - Poet and Liu's Wife

Liu Xiaobo as Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)

Mao Zedong as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hu Yaobang as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Li Peng as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Zhao Ziyang as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jian Zemin as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Bill Clinton as Self - Politician (archive footage)