一部關於五名活躍於社會運動的人物－黃之鋒、何韻詩、黃洋達、劉偉德、林淳軒－和他們朋友的故事。訴說他們如何在雨傘運動後找自己生活的日常。在後雨傘時代，他們發現生命原來是其所有選擇的總和。

Four years later, Hong Kong’s 2014 democratic Umbrella Movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, yet political backlash against protesters has intensified. Repeatedly the target of censorship*, Raise the Umbrellas traces the lineage of the massive Hong Kong protest to the global Occupy movement, 1989 Tiananmen, and its democratic struggles since British colonial days. Highlights range from the Umbrella Movement’s eco-awareness and its burgeoning aspiration for independence, to its empowerment of women -- “umbrella mothers” -- and the rainbow-bridging activism of LGBTQ iconic artists. Incisive and intimate, driven by stirring on-site footage in a major Asian metropolis riven by protest, Umbrellas includes anti-Occupy views that lay bare the sheer political risk for post-colonial Hong Kong’s universal-suffragist striving to define its autonomy within China.

從「反高鐵」到「反國教」，青春之火可以燎原。兩個少年，住同一屋苑，唸同一學校，但互不相識，卻不約而同走上街頭，一個在台前雄辯滔滔，一個在台下默默耕耘。黃之鋒組織「學民思潮」抵抗來勢洶洶洗腦學科，號召民眾向政府說不；馬雲祺（馬仔）選擇輟學加入社民連，因焚燒區旗被定罪，仍堅持繼續抗爭。來自英國的導演追蹤這兩名少年，重溫2012 年的風雲變色，且看他如何記下我城的憤怒，以及年輕人跟香港一起經歷的七堂課。

A vivid portrait of a generation of Hong Kongers committed to creating a new more democratic Hong Kong. Schoolboy Joshua Wong dedicates himself to stopping the introduction of National Education. Whilst former classmate Ma Jai fights against political oppression on the streets and in the courts. Catapulting the viewer on to the streets of Hong Kong and into the heart of the action. The viewer is confronted with Hong Kong's oppressive heat, stifling humidity and air thick with dissent. Filmed over 18 months this is a kaleidoscopic, visceral experience of their epic struggle.

自1997年香港主權移交以來，一國兩制下的香港經歷巨大轉變。在97年前後出生的香港年輕人，被稱為「香港97後世代」，一路見識了香港回歸後的改變，並深刻反思香港現狀。