"Becoming the Song" Film Screening

34 Hillhouse Avenue,New Haven CT 06511

28 April, 2023

Description

Becoming the Song (2020, Directed by Sue William) "Becoming the Song" is a powerful and inspiring documentary that offers a unique look into the life of Cantopop superstar Denise Ho. Through unprecedented access to Ho's personal and professional journey, the film provides a poignant reflection on Hong Kong's changing culture and identity in the wake of recent political turmoil. Featuring Ho's courageous coming out as a lesbian and her work as an LGBT activist, "Becoming the Song" has been praised by critics at mainstream media outlets like The New York Times, rogerebert.com, and Video Librarian, and has been showcased at international film festivals in Singapore and Japan. Join Denise Ho on her incredible journey of self-discovery and political activism in this unforgettable film. Imaginable Future - Hong Kong Films Screening Series @Yale/New Haven “Imaginable future” is a series of film screenings and discussions surrounding the theme of “lost future” or what Mark Fisher has termed as “a slow cancellation of future” (Fisher, 2014). Opening with “Blue Island” (2022), a critically acclaimed Hong Kong documentary film which recently gained a lot of international attention, this miniature film festival features a series of audio/visual works from young Hong Kong filmmakers and curators who are trying to reach an audience outside a predominant regime and commercial value. This series will explores the post-social unrest and post-pandamic feelings as well as an inter-Asian representation of an “imaginable future” for the “milk tea alliance”–Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan, countries haunted by the past and present–from filmmakers across various South and East Asian countries. Using film as a medium to visualize an imaginable future or “meta reality,”–Imaginable Future presents a cross-border, collective imagination of the world–a possible future that exists between the physical world and our mental mind. These screenings invite the audience to participate together–to talk about how collective memories, untold and unspeakable past and present happenings, have shaped an imaginable future that everyone can foresee.