[3] The judges ruled that the display of the phrase was "capable of inciting others to commit secession" and thus violated the national security law implemented in Hong Kong by the central government of China.

[17] Chow has also been deeply grateful to other filmmakers and photographers who had given him a lot of footage and materials to use, especially when one of them had decided to stop creating their own film projects out of fear that they could run into trouble with the controversial national security law implemented in Hong Kong by the central government of China.

The deadlock was resolved after both sides issued joint statement on 6 April 2022, with DGX Music authorizing the soundtrack in the film for free and apologised for negative impacts caused.

[18] According to Hong Kong's film classification system, "Revolution of Our Times" contains violence and is classified as IIA not suitable for children.

However, it has been judged that the action of displaying the phrase "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" is an illegal activity, it is not possible to screen or show the documentary anywhere in its homeland.

[26] In Taiwan, the documentary was first intended to only premiere for four days during the 2021 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, but tickets got sold out within one hour of sale.

[28] Yet, the night before the public release in Taiwan, the documentary's official YouTube channel and all its trailers were taken down after having received tremendous complaints.

[29] Local Taiwanese media also reported that any Facebook post containing the documentary's title would result in unusually low reach rates.

Moreover, it was reported that the film's marketing team had been blocked by Facebook's system and unable to place ads on the platform even after filing a complaint to the social media.

[35][36] In a Tweet written entirely in English, she shared the poster of the documentary and praised, "The Hong Kong people’s courage & commitment to democracy are an inspiration to us all, as we work to preserve our own freedoms & way of life.

[37] Taiwanese politicians publicly endorsing the documentary: Revolution of Our Times was first shown in Britain as the opening gala for the very first Hong Kong Film Festival in the UK.

However, as a large number of community organisations and expat Hong Kongers in the country joined the worldwide special release project and contacted various cinema chains to arrange private screenings, some of the cinema chains reserved course and proactively got in touch with the film team to organise the public release.

[54] The film was available at selected cinemas in seven cities: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC.

[54][55] On 4 March 2022, it was announced that the distributor was planning to have a special release across the globe and extend an invitation to the world, especially Hong Kongers in exile, to come together and take part in the project.