To commemorate Black History Month and promote cultural and racial harmony in Hong Kong, moving image showcase Larger Than Life: the American Civil Rights Movement in Documentaries introduces major forces of the African-American civil rights movement with a focus from the 1950s to 1970s, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Panthers and Shirley Chisholm. Their philosophies still affect racial, class and gender relations in America and the world to this day. This is an occasion to celebrate their influential roles in contributing to the social progress towards greater political and cultural understanding. There will be after-screening talks to further introduce the featured legendary figures, and a talk on racial relations in Hong Kong to accompany this showcase.
Venue: Online (Screenings & After-screening talks); Africa Center Hong Kong (Talk)
Date: 2021.02.25 – 2021.03.01
Price: Free of charge
Programme Schedule:
25/2 (Thu) 8:00pm* ** King in the Wilderness
26/2 (Fri) 8:00pm* ** Malcolm X: Make It Plain
27/2 (Sat) 8:00pm* ** The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
28/2 (Sun) 8:00pm* ** Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed
1/3 (Mon) 8:00pm** Talk: Racial Relations in Hong Kong
*With online after-screening talk
**Conducted in English
All the films will be in spoken English. Only Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed has English subtitles.
Screenings
King in the Wilderness
Director: Peter Kunhardt
Outstanding Historical Documentary, News & Documentary, Emmy Awards 2019
Nominated for Outstanding Documentary (Television), Image Awards (NAACP, US) 2019
Sundance Film Festival 2018
United States | 2018 | 111 mins | Colour | In English | Digital
25/2 (Thu) 8:00pm
*With online after-screening talk to start at 10:00pm. Conducted in English.
Guest: Dr Jason Todd Petrulis (Associate Professor of Global History, Literature and Cultural Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong)
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Director: Orlando Bagwell
George Forster Peabody Award 1994
Gold Award and Grand Prize, The New York Festivals 1994
Grand Prize, National Education Association 1994
Nominated for Best Editing, Emmy Awards 1994
United States | 1994| 139 mins | Colour | In English | Digital
26/2 (Fri) 8:00pm
With online after-screening talk to start at 10:40pm. Conducted in English.
Guests: Jean Tsien (Editor of Malcolm X: Make It Plain)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Director: Stanley Nelson Jr.
Outstanding Documentary (Film), Image Awards (NAACP, US) 2016
Top Five Documentaries, National Board of Review (US) 2015
Nominated for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, Primetime Emmy Awards 2016
Nominated for Best Documentary, Stockholm Film Festival 2015
Sundance Film Festival 2015
United States | 2015 | 115 mins | Colour | In English | Digital
27/2 (Sat) 8:00pm
With online after-screening talk to start at 10:05pm. Conducted in English.
Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed
Director: Shola Lynch
Excellence in Broadcasting, Peabody Awards 2006
Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary), Sundance Film Festival 2004
Nominated for Best Documentary, Black Reel Awards 2006
Nominated for Best Documentary and Truer Than Fiction Award, Film Independent Spirit Awards 2006
United States | 2004 | 76 mins | Colour | In English with English subtitles | Digital
28/2 (Sun) 8:00pm
*With online after-screening talk to start at 9:35pm. Conducted in English.
Guest: Professor Gina Marchetti (Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures, Department of Comparative Literature, The
University of Hong Kong)
Talk: Racial Relations in Hong Kong
Date and time: 1/3 (Mon) 8pm
Venue: Africa Center Hong Kong (Africa Center Hong Kong, 12/F, 21 Hillwood Road, Tsim Sha Tsui) (Go online in case of COVID-19
restrictions)
Moderator: Professor John Nguyet Erni (Chair Professor in Humanities; Head, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Hong Kong
Baptist University)
Guests:
Father Franco Mella (Catholic Priest)
Innocent Mutanga (Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Africa Center Hong Kong)
To accompany the film showcase, there will be a talk on racial relations in Hong Kong. It will introduce and discuss the lives of Africans and other ethnic minorities in Hong Kong, how advocates have been assisting ethnic minorities’ strive for equal rights and how people work together to bridge different ethnic communities in the city.
