Secondary School - Film Screening
Date & Time
22 Mar 2025 (Sat)
4:00-6:00pm
Location
St. Luke's Church, Brinnington
About this event
Organisation
Hong Kong Fellowship, United Stockport Circuit
Date & Time
22 Mar 2025 (Sat)
4:00-6:00pm
Location
St. Luke's Church, Brinnington
Brinnington, Stockport SK5 8LS, United Kingdom
About this event
Secondary School
2002 / 85 min / In Cantonese, with Chinese and English subtitles
The film chronicles the daily lives of two well-respected “Band One” secondary schools,
one for boys and one for girls. It explores several major issues: teaching objectives and styles, student’s common values, gender roles, the relationship between parents and children.
About the director
Tammy Cheung is a documentary filmmaker who was born in China, grew up in Hong Kong and is based in the UK since 2022. After years of working as a film festival organizer in Canada, Cheung made her directorial debut in 1999 in Hong Kong. Employing the ‘Direct Cinema’ approach, her works mainly explore social and political issues.
Her films include Invisible Women, Secondary School, Rice Distribution, Moving, July, Speaking Up, Village Middle School and Election.
Red Kalyna is Cheung’s first production after moving to the UK. It depicts the plight of Ukrainian refugees after the Russian Invasion. Lviv Dairy is her second documentary on the war in Ukraine that describe the difficult lives of ordinary people in Lviv, an ancient city in the western part of Ukraine.
About the facilitator
Bruce Lai is a film critic and researcher from Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD in Film Studies from King’s College London. He is a member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.
Tickets
Standard: £8 per adult
Early Bird: £5 per adult
Children 5-16: £2.5 per child
Under 5: free
Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Schedule
4:00-4:20 Refreshments provided
4:20-5:45 Screening
5:45-6:00 Q&A with Director
