Hong Kong Documentary Film

Ian Aitken; Michael Ingham

Described as the 'lost genre', the tradition of documentary film making in Hong Kong is far less known than its martial arts films. However documentary film has always existed in Hong Kong and often represents its troubled relationship to itself, China and the west. Including the period of colonial film-making, the high points of television documentary and the tradition of independent documentary film-making, this book presents a comprehensive study of this lost genre. It explores the role of public-service television (including representations of the massacre at Tiananmen Square) and presents critical analysis of key films.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Introduction
pp 1-5

1 - Hong Kong, Britain, China: The Documentary Film, 1896–1941, A Page of History (1941) and The Battle of Shanghai (1937)
pp 6-45

2 - Hong Kong, Britain, China: The Documentary Film, 1947–69, the ‘Picturesque’ Committed Film and Water Comes over the Hills from the East (1965)
pp 46-70

3 - Colonial Film: The Development of Official Film–making in Hong Kong, 1945–73, the Hong Kong Film Unit (1959–73) and This is Hong Kong (1961)
pp 71-101

4 - Public-service Broadcasting in an Authoritarian Setting: The Case of Radio Television Hong Kong and the Development of Television Documentary Film in Hong Kong
pp 102-143

5 - The Documentary Films of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and The Hong Kong Case (1989)
pp 144-171

6 - Aesthetics and Radicalism: An Overview of Independent Documentary Film in Hong Kong, 1973–2013
pp 172-196

7 - A Critical Analysis of Significant Independent Documentary Films of the Past Three Decades
pp 197-220

Conclusions: The Future of Independent Documentary Film in Hong Kong, China and the Region
pp 221-225

Bibliography
pp 226-231

Index
pp 232-237

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