Black Bauhinia 香港本色 screening and Q&A with filmmaker
Schedule
Mon Dec 05 2022 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
University College London, Chadwick Building B05 Lecture Theatre | London, EN
About this Event
Black Bauhinia 香港本色 is the first feature-length documentary film on Hong Kong localism and the independence movement, which fundamentally transformed Hong Kong’s domestic and international relations.
The debut film by director and co-producer Dr Malte Kaeding offers a balanced and critical assessment of a subject so complex and sensitive that local filmmakers have shied away from it. Based on Malte’s decade-long research on localism, he follows two young localist leaders’ emotional journey from electoral successes into Pr*son and exile. The collaborative style of film making allows for intimate reflections on the costs of resistance, self-sacrifices, and the meaning of home.
Throughout Black Bauhinia’s three-year production period, localism inspired the 2019 Hong Kong protests, while the ensuing government crackdown rendered the documentary into an outlawed element of resistance.
Black Bauhinia captures the ideas of a young generation that dared to challenge an authoritarian China. It also taps into global debates on identity and nationalism, the impact of China-dominated globalisation, the agency of diaspora, and the everyday experience of living in divided societies.
NOTE: The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director. UCL encourages free and lively debate but freedom of expression also has to be set in the context of the University’s values, and the values of a civilised, democratic, inclusive society. UCL expects speakers and those taking part in protest activities to respect those values, to be sensitive to the diversity of its inclusive community, and to show respect to all sections of that community. These precepts apply in particular to the way in which views are expressed and the form of protest activities.
Where is it happening?
University College London, Chadwick Building B05 Lecture Theatre, Gower Street, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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