“TO BE CONTINUED” Screening | 《尚未完場》放映

Description

We are excited to invite you to a private screening of ‘To Be Continued’ in Bristol, organised and brought to you by Hong Kong History Centre.
We will also be providing a sneak preview of episode one of: ‘Hong Kong Documented’ (12 mins), co-produced by Hong Kong History Centre and Society for Hong Kong Studies.

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Screening Details
‘To Be Continued’
* Includes Post Screening Online Sharing with Directors
* Additional Screening: ‘Hong Kong Documented’ Episode 1 (12 mins)

Date and Time: 3 December 2023 (Sun), 10:30am-1pm (Entry opens at 10:15am)
Venue: Watershed Cinema 3 (1 Canons Road, Bristol BS1 5TX)
Language: Cantonese & English (with Chinese and English subtitles)
Entry fee: Free of charge (registration required, open seating)

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Synopsis of <To be Continued>
Convenient, tired and vapid, ‘East-meets-West’ is a cliché that has for decades been used to sell the ‘Hong Kong story’ to the world. Yet in the forgotten legend of Harry Odell, Hong Kong’s first impresario, a rediscovery of the city’s soul awaits.

Flamboyant and cigar-chomping, Odell was a Cairo-born, Shanghai-bred Russian Jew who stamped his mark on the cultural life of post-war Hong Kong. His hopeful, if chronically loss-making adventures pushed the cultural frontiers of his adopted home, capturing the open, dynamic and inclusive spirit of a bygone era to leave a legacy that resonates to this day. What began as a conservation campaign to save the iconic State Theatre in Hong Kong morphed into five years of research and interviews with those who witnessed Odell in action. The result: a film that is as much a study of one indomitable pioneer as it is a soul-searching journey of what defines Hong Kong.

Period	3 Dec 2023
Held at	Department of History (Historical Studies)