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Hong Kong Documentary Film
Ian Aitken
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Description for Hong Kong Documentary Film
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive study of the lost genre of Hong Kong documentary film. This book introduces students and scholars in Film Studies to this unexplored cinematic tradition. It is based on original archival research. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Offers a comprehensive study of the lost genre of Hong Kong documentary film. Does Hong Kong have a significant tradition in documentary filmmaking? Until recently, many film scholars believed not. Yet, when Ian Aitken and Michael Ingham challenged this assumption, they discovered a rich cinematic tradition, dating back to the 1890s. Under researched and often forgotten, documentary film making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British Official Films. Case studies from all three categories are examined in this book, including ... Read more
Offers a comprehensive study of the lost genre of Hong Kong documentary film. Does Hong Kong have a significant tradition in documentary filmmaking? Until recently, many film scholars believed not. Yet, when Ian Aitken and Michael Ingham challenged this assumption, they discovered a rich cinematic tradition, dating back to the 1890s. Under researched and often forgotten, documentary film making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British Official Films. Case studies from all three categories are examined in this book, including ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474405591
SKU
V9781474405591
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About Ian Aitken
Ian Aitken is Professor in the Department of Cinema and TV at Hong Kong Baptist University. Michael Ingham is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
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