Projection de Films - Havana Divas

Schedule

Sat Mar 15 2025 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

116 Rue De la Gauchetière O | Montréal, QC

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Projection de Films - Havana Divas

(FR)

La Fondation JIA et le collectif Miao se réunissent à nouveau pour vous présenter trois documentaires réalisés par des femmes cinéastes asiatiques. Corps dansants et déambulations présente, à travers des parcours personnels et des images d'archives, de grand-es artistes de la diaspora chinoise : du magicien, acrobate et vedette de vaudeville sino-américain Long Tack Sam aux deux chanteuses d'opéra cantonais Caridad et Georgina du Chinatown de La Havane, en passant par la troupe de danse d’inspiration fêtarde Grant Avenue Follies du Chinatown de San Francisco.


🎥 Jour 2 (15 mars) : Havana Divas (90 min, cantonais, sous-titré en anglais).

📍 Maison 116, 116 de la Gauchetière, Montréal, QC,

📅 15 mars 2025

⏰ Les portes ouvrent à 17 h 30, les projections à 18 h.

🥠 Collations asiatiques

🗣️ Q&R avec la cinéaste S. Louisa Wei

💸 Dons appréciés


Situé dans le Quartier chinois autrefois florissant de La Havane, Havana Divas suit Caridad Amaran et Georgina Wong, deux femmes d'origine chinoise nées à Cuba, qui ont appris l'art de l'opéra cantonais sous la tutelle de leurs pères. Pendant des années, elles ont donné des spectacles pour la communauté chinoise de La Havane, préservant ainsi l’art de l’opéra dans un endroit inattendu. Des décennies plus tard, ces deux femmes, aujourd'hui octogénaires, ont de nouveau envie de monter sur scène. Havana Divas suit leur incroyable périple pour faire revivre l'opéra cantonais dans un Quartier chinois cubain qui n’existe pratiquement plus. Le documentaire met en lumière plus de 170 ans de migration chinoise à Cuba, en illustrant la manière dont les traditions culturelles chinoises ont été préservées, transformées et réinterprétées au fil des générations.

S. Louisa Wei est une documentariste indépendante, une universitaire et une écrivaine basée à Hong Kong. Elle est réputée pour ses documentaires historiques qui reconstituent des histoires dissipées avec le temps. Havana Divas est l'œuvre sœur de Golden Gate Girls (2014) : toutes deux entremêlent récits personnels et historiques, mettant en lumière des figures négligées de l'histoire sino-diasporique.


Commissaire : Audrey Jiang

Graphisme : Yiran Zhao

Animation: Murielle Chan-Chu

Traduction: Nico Linh et Yixin Cao


Ce projet est financé par l'Entente de développement culturel de Montréal et la Fondation canadienne des relations raciales.


(ENG)

JIA Foundation and Miao Collective are collaborating once again to present three documentaries from three Asian women filmmakers. Dancing Bodies, Meandering Stories showcases, through personal journeys and archival research, the great performers within the Chinese diaspora ranging from the Chinese American magician, acrobat, and vaudeville star Long Tack Sam, to two Cantonese opera singers Caridad and Georgina at Havana’s Chinatown, to San Francisco Chinatown’s nightclub-inspired Grant Avenue Follies dancing troupe.


🎥 Day 1 (March 15): Havana Divas(90 min, Cantonese, English subtitled)

📍 Maison 116, 116 de la Gauchetière, Montréal, QC.

📅 March 15, 2025

⏰ Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Screening at 6 p.m.

🥠 Hawaiian Hurricane Popcorns

🗣️ Q&A with director S. Louisa Wei

💸 Donations appreciated


Set against the backdrop of Havana’s once-thriving Chinatown, Havana Divas follows Caridad Amaran and Georgina Wong, two Cuban-born women of Chinese descent, who mastered the art of Cantonese opera under the tutelage of their fathers. For years, they performed for Havana’s Chinese community, preserving an art form in an unexpected place. Decades later, these two women, now in their eighties, find themselves longing for the stage again. Havana Divas follows their incredible journey to revive Cantonese opera in a Cuban Chinatown that barely exists anymore. The documentary sheds light on over 170 years of Chinese migration to Cuba, illustrating how Chinese cultural traditions have been preserved, transformed, and reinterpreted across generations.


S. Louisa Wei is an independent documentary filmmaker, scholar and writer based in Hong Kong. She is renowned for her historical documentaries that reclaim voices lost to time. Havana Divas is the sister work of Golden Gate Girls (2014), as both intertwine personal and historical narratives, illuminating overlooked figures in Sino-diasporic history.


Curation: Audrey Jiang

Graphics: Yiran Zhao

Facilitation: Murielle Chan-Chu

Translation: Nico Linh and Yixin Cao


This project is generously funded by the Montréal Cultural Development Agreement and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.


Agenda

🕑: 05:30 PM
Portes / Door
🕑: 06:00 PM
Projection / Screening
🕑: 07:30 PM
Q&R / Q&A
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