Made in Hong Kong (1997)
by Luc Schaedler | go between films
Genre – Documentary | 4:3
Duration – 1 h15 min
Language – Chinese | Sous-titres FR, DE, EN, 中文
Region – Worldwide
Price – Free | Donation welcome
Synopsis
The film «Made in Hong Kong» allows glimpses on a Hong Kong shortly before the 1997 handover to China.
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But rather than focusing on the expected hysteria Luc Schaedler’s documentary debut works towards complexity by allowing six diverse residents to talk about their relationship to the colonial city.
Their life stories beautifully mix with the images of the author. Made in Hong Kong is a very personal portrait of a city in transition and we learn about Hong Kong’s ambiguities and its political and social problems, as well as the uncertainties regarding the time after 1997.
Bonus Material
No revolutionaries…
Eric Lye – architect
Beautiful woman in a bad mood…
Nicole Turner – journalist
With just a sip…
Mohan – textile merchant
Full, uncut interviews with participants (English)
The following clips are the unedited, «raw» interviews with the protagonists who appear in the documentary film Made in Hong Kong. The exception is the Filipina migrant «Connie», who does not appear in the film. All conversations were recorded in Hong Kong in the spring and summer of 1996.
The interviews all revolve around the special – and often ambivalent – relationship (and love) that the protagonists have developed with Hong Kong over the years. With a great deal of humour, but also with deeply moving anecdotes, they offer a rare and intimate insight into the history and the diverse worlds of the city. The historical arc of their migration stories spans from the post-war period (1946) and the Chinese Revolution (1949) to the period immediately before the handover of Hong Kong to China (1996).
Guo Danian
Chinese musician & anarchist
Peter Mann
British colonial officer
Eric Lye
Chinese architect
Connie
Filipina migrant
Afzal Mohammad
Pakistani migrant & actor
Mohan
Indian textile merchant
Nicole Turner
South African journalist
