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Umbrella Dance for Hong Kong records modern dance master Mui Cheuk-yin's 1995 “Umbrella Dance” through today's lens. With the original dance produced during colonial times, what new meanings can Umbrella Dance create? 


Director Wong King Fai uses innovative film language that presents the visualizations of both dance film and documentary. In doing so, the film witnesses a significant span of Hong Kong history.


Against the background of masks, roadblocks, tear gases, and snow, what new flavors do the movements and signs of Umbrella Dance impart? What does Hong Kong mean to the world culture in a chaotic time? What will the meaning of a community's existence remain after its voice is suppressed and its people are exiled?


Without verbal expression, Umbrella Dance for Hong Kong returns to the purity of dance — movement and music — searching for relationships among time, history, community, art, and light — and toward a new possibility.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    Chinese
  • Country
    Hong Kong
  • Director
    WONG King Fai
  • Screenwriter
    WONG King Fai
  • Producer
    WONG King Fai
  • Cast
    MUI Chuek Yin