Hong Kong Documentary Film

by Ian Aitken

Book Overview

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 trenchantly 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 is the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474405592
• ISBN13: 9781474405591
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"