An average of 60,000 people emigrated from Hong Kong each year in early 1990s. An absolutely personal and biased sampling of this diaspora from an insider/outsider perspective just before the 1997 handover. Based on the personal experiences of individuals from Hong Kong in 1990s, Diasporama is an experimental documentary that addresses issues of the diasporic condition. In a series of intimate interviews that explore the relationship of the personal and the political, Yau Ching confronts notions of nationhood, identity, and post-colonialism. Inserting her own face and voice as a form of mediation, the artist herself becomes one of the subjects.
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Yau Ching Director
First release June 4, 1997 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, United States, Canada · Languages Cantonese, Chinese, English
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Hong Kong SAR China · United States · Canada
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Original title
另起爐灶之耳仔痛
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · English
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · June 4, 1997
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No release date listed for United States.
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