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My Voice, My Life

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Underprivileged middle school students undergo six months of vigorous training to produce a musical on stage.

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Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times 09/03/2015
The same nonprofit produced the musical and the documentary, so a self-congratulatory air permeates the movie. Go to Full Review
Helen T. Verongos New York Times 08/27/2015
There are few feelings as glorious as spreading your wings onstage for the first time. Ruby Yang captures that rare electricity in her documentary "My Voice, My Life," about Hong Kong teenagers who put on a show. Go to Full Review
Ernest Hardy Village Voice 08/25/2015
Damn if a few of the kids don't milk your tear ducts at the end. Go to Full Review
Joe Bendel Epoch Times 05/19/2016
3.5/5
Voice gives us reason to suspect there is much more to come from its subjects. Go to Full Review
Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews 01/10/2016
With a number of flaws, especially any explanation of the backgrounds of the adults who produced the musical or what the musical was about, it is redeemed by the human interest of Hong Kong's "troubled" teens. Go to Full Review
Kam Williams Baret News 01/01/2016
3.5/4
Underprivileged overachievers mount a musical production in Hong Kong's answer to 'Fame.' Go to Full Review
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c y 06/18/2017 Encouraging and touching, I had never thought a documentary would attract me. See more 08/11/2015 http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/31/hong-kongs-5-most-essential-films-of-2014/ See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Underprivileged middle school students undergo six months of vigorous training to produce a musical on stage.
Director
Ruby Yang
Producer
Ruby Yang, Ada Ching-Ying Ho
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 31m