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LAI MAN-WAI: FATHER OF HONG KONG CINEMA

Directed by Choi Kai-Kwong
Hong Kong, 2001
Documentary

Synopsis

Lai was more than the father of Hong Kong cinema was; he was also one of the pioneers of the Chinese cinema. He made Hong Kong’s first short fiction film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife. He opened the first Chinese owned cinema, the New World Cinema, in Hong Kong…

Synopsis

Lai was more than the father of Hong Kong cinema was; he was also one of the pioneers of the Chinese cinema. He made Hong Kong’s first short fiction film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife. He opened the first Chinese owned cinema, the New World Cinema, in Hong Kong…