The Hong Kong protests have been front and center of the city’s films of recent years, save for one — “We Don’t Dance for Nothing.” This feature started making its rounds with its May premiere, and has recently played online at the 45th Asian American Film Festival. Its origins are just as multinational too – the production took place across the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, all under the eye of first-time Chinese-Greek-American filmmaker Stefanos Tai. He uses the protests as a mere backdrop the city’s 400,000 Filipino domestic workers. While calls for democracy rages on in the streets, domestic workers like the fictional H (Miles Sible) remain locked up at home. A complex emotional compound of endearment and estrangement bubbles up within the home — tempting some domestic workers, like the film’s fictional H (Miles Sible), to ultimately escape.
“We Don’t...
“We Don’t...
- 8/24/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
The Hong Kong protests have been front and center of the city’s films of recent years, save for one — “We Don’t Dance for Nothing.” This feature started making its rounds with its May premiere, and has recently played online at the 45th Asian American International Film Festival. Its origins are just as multinational too – the production took place across the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, all under the eye of first-time Chinese-Greek-American filmmaker Stefanos Tai. He uses the protests as a mere backdrop of the city’s 400,000 Filipino domestic workers. While calls for democracy rages on in the streets, domestic workers like the fictional H (Miles Sible) remain locked up at home. A complex emotional compound of endearment and estrangement bubbles up within the home — tempting some domestic workers, including H, to ultimately escape.
“We Don’t Dance for Nothing” played at...
“We Don’t Dance for Nothing” played at...
- 8/24/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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