Events

10 Apr 2018

4:10pm – 6:00pm

Lecture Theatre 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Wang Jiuliang (Film Director)

Enquiry: 39431255 / cuccs@cuhk.edu.hk

Conducted in Putonghua. Free admission. All are welcome. Kindly register by 8 April 2018.

Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/crs/ccs Enquiry: 39431255 / cuccs@cuhk.edu.hk

Co-organized by MA in Intercultural Studies and the Centre for Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Supported by Research Summit and Faculty of Arts

Approximately ten million tons of plastic waste are imported into China annually to be recycled as raw materials for its factories. Plastic China portrays one of the many families that live and work in plastic recycling workshops across China. While her father spends his wages on alcohol, 11-year-old Yijie’s only form of education is learning the English letters on the waste. Meanwhile, the owner of the workshop risks his health by working day and night in order to save money for a car – considered a symbol of success in society. The film raises important and urgent questions about the price of modernization – even if the wealthy and the powerful have no interest in answering them.