 Corey JohnsonSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| HHoward ZhangSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| SShen TongSelf - Student Leader (1989) | Self - Student Leader (1989) |
| JJean-Philippe BéjaSelf - Sinologist | Self - Sinologist |
 Wu'er KaixiSelf - Student Leader (1989) | Self - Student Leader (1989) |
| WWang DanSelf - Student Leader (1989) | Self - Student Leader (1989) |
| ZZhang JianSelf - Student (1989) | Self - Student (1989) |
| BBao TongSelf - Politician | Self - Politician |
| WWang ChaohuaSelf - Student (1989) | Self - Student (1989) |
| PPerry LinkSelf - Sinologist | Self - Sinologist |
| MMuriel SoutherlandSelf - Witness (1989) | Self - Witness (1989) |
| AAndrew NathanSelf - Sinologist | Self - Sinologist |
| RRobin MunroSelf - Activist | Self - Activist |
| ZZhang LunSelf - Student (1989) | Self - Student (1989) |
| SSu XiaokangSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| RRose TangSelf - Student (1989) | Self - Student (1989) |
| CCai ChongguoSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| MMa JianSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| WWu RenhuaSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
 Deng XiaopingSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| ZZhao ZiyangSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| YYuan MuSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| YYan MingfuSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Mikhail GorbachevSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| LLi PengSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| LLing ChaiSelf - Student Leader (archive footage) | Self - Student Leader (archive footage) |
 Liu XiaoboSelf - Writer (archive footage) | Self - Writer (archive footage) |
 Xi JinpingSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
