[Film Screening and Q&A with Directors] Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down

Department: Center for Asian Studies

Date and Time: October 6, 2021 - October 7, 2021 | 8:00 PM-8:00 PM

Event Location: Online Film Screening

Event Details


[Film Screening and Q&A with Directors] Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
This online screening is free and accessible worldwide. After you register, you will receive an email with links to both the screening and Q&A with directors.

Film Screening [Valid for 24 Hours]
[Pacific Time] October 6, 2021 8PM to October 7, 2021 8PM
[Hong Kong Time] October 7, 2021 11AM to October 8, 2021 11AM

Q&A with Directors
[Pacific Time] October 7, 2021 8PM - 9:30PM
[Hong Kong Time] October 8, 2021 11AM - 12:30PM

RSVP link: https://www.globalhks-uc.org/memories-to-choke-on

About the Film
Bittersweet stories of Hong Kongers contending with nostalgia and an uncertain future give way to a comical documentary assault on sentiment. Two immigrant Hong Kong women – one from mainland China, one from Indonesia – live together in a little village. They take turns outwitting each other on an epic journey to the big city. Brothers return to their working-class neighbourhood for one last hangout in their mother’s toy store. With new responsibilities looming, they take refuge in behaving like children. A local economics teacher and a "native English-speaking teacher" from the States spend one school year crisscrossing Hong Kong. As they say goodbye, they recall connecting and disconnecting over after-school snacks. A young barista and music-video star puts aside her many interests to run for district council. She fights both a pro-establishment incumbent and her own disdain for human interaction.

Organized by Global Hong Kong Studies @ University of California