Relics of Love and War | Film Screening & Q&A
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A wartime love story reveals a hidden chapter of Chinese Canadian history, told through rare archival footage and personal memories.
**Relics of Love and War, 40 min, 2023**
Trailblazing Chinese Canadian director, Keith Lock, tells the story of how his father married his mother in Australia during World War Two when he and 12 other Chinese Canadians were serving in Operation Oblivion, a top secret British mission affiliated with Force 136. This little known Chinese Canadian history is told with intimate inside knowledge and set against a backdrop of the Second World War, a time when Chinese Canadians could not vote, sit at the front in movie theatres, swim in pools or hire white women for their businesses. Lock’s documentary essay uses archival imagery (much of it previously unseen) to bring this story to light.
Schedule:
3:30 PM - Doors Open
4:00 - 4:45 PM -Welcome & Presentation
4:45 - 5:00 PM - Q&A
Ticket Pricing:
$15 general admission ($10 for CSC Members)
A co-presentation with the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society (CCMMS) and the Chinatown Storytelling Centre (CSC).
**Relics of Love and War, 40 min, 2023**
Trailblazing Chinese Canadian director, Keith Lock, tells the story of how his father married his mother in Australia during World War Two when he and 12 other Chinese Canadians were serving in Operation Oblivion, a top secret British mission affiliated with Force 136. This little known Chinese Canadian history is told with intimate inside knowledge and set against a backdrop of the Second World War, a time when Chinese Canadians could not vote, sit at the front in movie theatres, swim in pools or hire white women for their businesses. Lock’s documentary essay uses archival imagery (much of it previously unseen) to bring this story to light.
Schedule:
3:30 PM - Doors Open
4:00 - 4:45 PM -Welcome & Presentation
4:45 - 5:00 PM - Q&A
Ticket Pricing:
$15 general admission ($10 for CSC Members)
A co-presentation with the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society (CCMMS) and the Chinatown Storytelling Centre (CSC).
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Where is it happening?
168 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V6A 1T3
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Host or PublisherChinatown Storytelling Centre
