The Tank Man is a 1989 documentary about the iconic image of a lone man standing in front of a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing, China. The film follows the story of the man, his identity and his fate, and examines the
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Tank Man is an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks on Chang'an Avenue near Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989. The confrontation occurred one day after the government of China forcibly cleared the square following six weeks of pro-democracy demonstrations, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people, primarily in areas surrounding the square.