Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Hong Kong, Britain, China: The Documentary Film, 1896–1941, A Page of History (1941) and The Battle of Shanghai (1937) 6
5. 2 Hong Kong, Britain, China: The Documentary Film, 1947–69, the ‘Picturesque’ Committed Film and Water Comes over the Hills from the East (1965) 46
6. 3 Colonial Film: The Development of Official Film-making in Hong Kong, 1945–73, the Hong Kong Film Unit (1959–73) and This is Hong Kong (1961 71
7. 4 Public-service Broadcasting in an Authoritarian Setting: The Case of Radio Television Hong Kong and the Development of Television Documentary Film in Hong Kong 102
8. 5 The Documentary Films of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and The Hong Kong Case (1989) 144
9. 6 Aesthetics and Radicalism: An Overview of Independent Documentary Film in Hong Kong, 1973–2013 172
10. 7 A Critical Analysis of Significant Independent Documentary Films of the Past Three Decades 197
11. Conclusions: The Future of Independent Documentary Film in Hong Kong, China and the Region 221
12. Bibliography 226
13. Index 232