港大中文學院

The Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures (CSGC), Department of Comparative Literature, and School of Chinese present:

“A Life in Six Chapters” 蕭軍六記 (2022) – Screening and Discussion with the Director S. Louisa Wei

Moderator:
Nicole Huang, Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU

Date: Friday, February 2, 2024
Screening: 4:30 pm (Hong Kong Time)

Languages & Subtitles of the film: Chinese & English

Discussion: 6:10 pm (Hong Kong Time)

Language of the discussion: English

Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, Main Campus, HKU

All are welcome. Registration is required.

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In “A Life in Six Chapters,” documentary filmmaker S. Louisa Wei chronicles the life and works of a charismatic modern literary figure: Xiao Jun. She weaves his own accounts with recollections of his family members and close associates and places a richly layered personal narrative against monumental events that punctuated China’s long and violent twentieth century. The film spans more than 60 years from the 1920s to the 1980s, taking a tour of China’s literary scene, and introducing renowned writers like Lu Xun, Xiao Hong, Hu Feng, Ding Ling, Nie Gannu, Ai Qing, Lao She, and more. The film continues Wei’s long-time effort to preserve, reconstruct, and memorialize individual voices against the powerful forces that constantly threatened to render them silent.

Louisa Wei – Director & Writer

Louisa Wei is a Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, as well as an award-winning director, screenwriter and author. Her 2014 feature documentary “Golden Gate Girls” focuses on the life and works of Esther Eng, once honoured as the “first woman director of China.” Her 2019 film “Havana Divas” follows two female Cantonese opera singers and offers a window into over 170 years of Chinese migration to Cuba. She is currently editing a documentary on musician and singer-songwriter Cui Jian.

This event is co-organized by the Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures, Department of Comparative Literature, and the School of Chinese in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong.

Enquiries: Georgina Challen – gchallen@hku.hk