A performance artist approaches a dais with a quiet formality, then proceeds to slowly and deliberately slice a series of cuts into her face with a razor. A doctoral student/filmmaker, under house arrest and constant surveillance, walks up to a vehicle following her and holds up a sign saying, “Shame to insult a woman.” Female factory workers describe being arrested and harassed when they stand up for their rights.
Shot over eight years, OUTCRY AND WHISPER is a highly personal and sometimes uncomfortably intimate documentary chronicling women’s oppression and resistance in mainland China and Hong Kong. One remarkable and tumultuous sequence is shot in the midst of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations.

我反抗故我存在！ 30多年来在权贵资本主义横行的中国。 两代几亿劳工的血汗，铸就了经济高速发展的奇迹。 在这个世界工厂里，有人在工伤后，无法争取到赔偿；有人因组织维权行动，被判刑；有人因代表工人与雇主谈判，被解雇；有人为工人提供法律咨询，被黑社会凶狠袭击。 这群来自不同省份、跨越两代的中国劳工们，在抗争行动中改变了自身的命运。

这是一部关于流亡的审思之作。 十多年来，闻海行走于中国、香港、台湾、印度、美国、欧洲、土耳其等地。 拍摄流亡的艺术家、政治人物、难民。 这部电影描绘了这些流亡者，在全球化时代下的处境和抗争。