Bamboo Theatre (2019)

Original title

戲棚

Directed by

Cheuk Cheung

Genre

documentary, music

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Cantonese opera performances in temporary bamboo theaters in Hong Kong. It shows the construction process and the community that gathers around these structures.

observationalculturalintimateslow-pacedcontemplativegroundedatmosphericcelebratory

What happens

Bamboo Theatre (Chinese: 戲棚) is a 2019 Hong Kong documentary film directed by Cheuk Cheung. Commissioned by the Xiqu Centre of the West Kowloon Cultural District, the film made its world premiere at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea in 2019. It was nominated for Best Documentary at the 56th Golden Horse Awards and for Best New Director at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards. It also received the Special Jury Prize at the 2019 Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards and was selected as a Recommended Film of the Year by the 26th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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