Hong Kong has turned over a new leaf since people were awakened by the Umbrella Movement in 2014. The director tries to re-narrate the stories happening in 2010 through a new perspective inspired by Umbrella Movement. In 2010, together with some friends, Lok actively participated in social movements using online radio broadcast as a medium to spread their ideas. 4 years have passed, Lok is now an organizer of various social movements. With a new identity and more experience, Lok recalls the old days when he participated in the Umbrella Movement. "The imaginary doesn't reflect reality. It's the reality of the reflection." (Jean-Luc Godard, La Chinoise) Director worked for NGO. With his experience, The Autonomous Era is a cinematic "thesis" analyzing the organizing problem, which deeply affects Hong Kong social movements in these years, from a perspective of a social movement organizer.