2024 | Hong Kong | Documentary

The First Photograph

  • Cantonese, Mandarin 11 mins
  • Director | Jess Lau Tsin-wa
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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“I thought I would enter another world by climbing over the fence.” In August of 1978, the director’s father made a second attempt to escape along with two friends. Headed from China to Hong Kong, a distance of 200 km, they made their way through grassy fields. On August 18th, far away in the UK, Siouxsie and the Banshees released the protest song “Hong Kong Garden.” That morning, a father … A film that weaves a personal history that has been lost amid a chaotic social history.

Escape Migration Protest Memory History
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