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KANARIS THEATRE, FLOOR 2

Enjoy stories of the Hongkonger diasporic experience across different moments and places, through two film screenings as part of the Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diasporic Cinema UK Tour.

The tour brings together three feature-length documentaries and a selection of short films, tracing a range of perspectives, from hope to disillusionment, separation and exploration, the struggle to settle, and reflections shaped by global capitalism and xenophobia.

These films attend not only to those who have left but also to those who remain; to building relationships in places that may feel unwelcoming; and to how migration can open paths to self-understanding. Together, they span diasporic experiences from the 1980s to more recent waves of emigration, moving between Hong Kong, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

We’ll be hosting screenings at your Museum on Saturday 9 and Saturday 16 May.

Waving Kites is organised by Newcastle University and supported by BFI's National Lottery Screen Heritage Fund.