Photographic materials – New Territories
Photographic materials for New Territories, photographed by John Tran. Written and directed by David K. S. Tse. The set includes black-and-white contact sheets, 35mm slides, black-and-white and colour photographic prints, and original storage sleeves. The materials document rehearsals, production processes and cast members.
Bittersweet rites-of-passage story following the progress of a teenager from rural Hong Kong to public school in England. Cultural dislocation, spiritual and sexual awakening turn his world upside down, challenging centuries of Confucian thinking.
Memories of “home” are evoked by slides of rural life in the New Territories, and the Buddhist fable, Journey to the West, is woven into the piece Beijing Opera style.
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→ Newspaper cuttings for New Territories here