- Era
- 1927–1991
- Theme
- Movie & theatre history
- District
- Causeway Bay
Holding On to Yesterday
Step inside the Lee Theatre, one of Hong Kong’s grandest cinemas of yesteryear. Hong Kong film historian Po Fung and Katherine from Hong Kong On Screen share behind-the-scenes stories that rarely get told and untangle some of the myths circulating online.
Legend has it that Hong Kong’s first film had something to do with a roast duck. How does that story fit into the real origins of Hong Kong cinema? And what do to dei wai (陀地位) and lung tau teng jai (龍頭艇仔) mean?
Tune in to the podcast episodes below to hear the whole story.
Hong Kong's Number One: the debate of the first Hong Kong film and the rise of Hong Kong's film industry
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Post-war HK film industry thrives — political factions sprouted from the soil of freedom
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Hong Kong-made sound movies echo across Southeast Asia: the influence of the lesser-known films in Hokkien and Teochew dialects
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Movies with social responsibilities: the role of the Union Film Enterprise in Cantonese movies development
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The rivalry between Shaw Brothers and Cathay
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Changes of Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s
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How the paradigm shift in popular Mandarin martial arts films of the 1960s influenced subsequent Hong Kong films
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Unique phenomena in the film industry of the 1960s, including the impact of the 1966–67 riots and the influence of wireless film broadcasting on Hong Kong cinema
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Po Fung — Hong Kong film history expert, participated in the production.
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Cohost: Hong Kong On Screen. Project partners: HKCAN – Hong Kong Collaborative Academic Network 港學者聯盟, The Hong Konger Club, Dallas Hong Kong Film Festival.
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