Hong Kong Documentary Film
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780748664696
Description: Does Hong Kong have a significant tradition in documentary filmmaking? Until recently, many film scholars believed not. Yet, when Ian Aitken and Michael Ingham challenged this assumption, they discovered a rich cinematic tradition, dating back to the 1890s.0Under-researched and often forgotten, documentary film-making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British Official Films. Case studies from all three categories are examined in this book, including &#x93;The battle of Shanghai&#x94;, &#x93;The sea and the sky&#x94;, &#x93;Rising sun&#x94; and &#x93;The Hong Kong case&#x94;. In-depth discussion and analysis of more recent Hong Kong independent documentaries focuses on works such as Cheung King-wai's &#x93;KJ: A life in Music&#x94; and films by Tammy Cheung and Evans Chan.0With a particular focus on how these films address the historico-political dimension of their time, this book introduces students and scholars to this fascinating and largely unexplored cinematic tradition.0.