Learn more about Hong Kong cinema with UBC Hong Kong Studies professor Helena Wu and guest curator Rebecca Wang. After watching this martial arts thriller set in Ming dynasty China, join us for a conversation on the cultural context of jianghu, and how the martial arts fiction genre is referenced in the current exhibition.
Film will be screened in Cantonese with Mandarin and English subtitles.
About the Film:
A kung-fu manual known as the sacred scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos.
Running time: 1 hour 58 minutesDirectors: Raymond Lee, Siu-Tung Ching, Hark Tsui, King HuFeaturing: Samuel Hui, Cecilia Yip, Jacky Cheung
Rated PG-14 (scenes of violence).
About the Presenters:
Helena Wu
 is Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor in Hong Kong Studies at UBC. She has been appointed as a Green College Leading Scholar for the 2023-2025 cohort and is the co-organizer and co-curator of the UBC-based Asian Independent Cinema Showcase (with filmmaker Jimmy Lo). Her primary area of research is Hong Kong cinema, literature and culture. With comparative literature, cultural studies and sinological training from Hong Kong and Europe, she is keen on developing interdisciplinary approaches to textual and visual narratives, popular culture, creative industries, and identity studies. In one of her latest projects, she explores film, television and sport spectatorships in post-handover Hong Kong, in order to understand how creative expression and audience activities affect cultural (industry) practices, the construction of identity and the relationship between content producers, distributors, and spectators, and vice versa.
Rebecca Wang 王晨釔
 is a curator and artist working between her hometown of Hangzhou, China, and the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations, also known as Vancouver, Canada. Her curatorial interests span mythology, folklore, the everyday, and diasporic experiences. Her multidisciplinary practice navigates personal confusions in life, often stemming from the absurdity engrained in capitalist consumer culture. Rebecca curated Conditional Belonging (2021) at Access Gallery and produced the accompanying podcast Our Work Is These Conversations. As the Curatorial Assistant at Richmond Art Gallery, she has been curating exhibitions at Richmond City Hall Galleria and The Annex Gallery since 2022. In 2025, she presented her solo exhibition Blooming While Withering at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Rebecca holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and a BBA from Simon Fraser University. She is currently pursuing an MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies at University of British Columbia, and serves as the Board Treasurer at Access Gallery.
Presented in partnership with 
Cinevolution Media Arts Society
Screening event supported by the City of Richmond Celebration Grant.
Information Source: Richmond Art Gallery | eventbrite

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