When East Meets East

A documentary that looks at post-colonial identity, in particular Chinese identity and its construction in the international cinema of ethnic Chinese. Canadian filmmaker Kalli Paakspuu and student activists from China’s pro-democracy movement, Kevin Feng Ke, used an hermeneutic approach and double-voice techniques to expand our notions of the Chinese by surveying the 90’s cinema from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, United States and Canada. The filmmakers question the taken-for-granted identity within ethnic communities, weaving a geographic and cultural reality that is uniquely contradictory and inhabited by multiple identities living outside national boundaries.

Film Maker
Paakspuu, Kalli
Year
1997
Country
Canada
Length
53
Format
16mm
Category
Asian, Race + Ethnicity
Genre
documentary