Transnational Chinese women filmmakers have made significant contributions to world cinema in the digital era. In the twenty-first century, border-crossing female filmmakers participate in the enormous changes happening in the global film industry as well as political, economic, technological, social, and cultural transformations taking place in the Asian region. With a close look at how women filmmakers from mainland China function within the Chinese diaspora, this analysis highlights the patterns that emerge as these directors navigate the world of international cinema. This lecture sheds light on the ongoing impact their unique perspective has on the art of world cinema by exploring the creative use of digital technology in first-person documentary filmmaking and related cinematic modes.

Date: December 9, 2024 (Monday)
Time: 12:30 – 14:00
Venue: Room 436, 4/F Run Run Shaw Tower

About the speaker

Gina MARCHETTI serves as Chair of the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Her books include Romance and the “Yellow Peril”: Race, Sex and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction (California, 1993), From Tian’anmen to Times Square: Transnational China and the Chinese Diaspora on Global Screens (Temple, 2006), The Chinese Diaspora on American Screens: Race, Sex, and Cinema (Temple, 2012), Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs—The Trilogy (HKUP, 2007), Citing China: Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema (Hawai’i, 2018), and Women Filmmakers and the Visual Politics of Transnational China in the #MeToo Era (Amsterdam, 2024).

All are welcome. Please register here by December 5.