Food, Film, and Activism - shorts in dialogue with documentarian Cheuk Kwan’s Chinese Restaurants
Join us for an evening of films on food and activism with documentarian and writer, Cheuk Kwan!
Date/Time: Jul 9 2022, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Vancouver, Museum of Vancouver | Event calendar1100 Chestnut St
P: 604-736-4431
Tickets
Cost: $35.00
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Kwan’s debut publication Have You Eaten Yet (2022) is a retrospect on his docuseries Chinese Restaurants (2005). Spanning a total of “four years, thirteen countries, 200 000 km, 15 stories, and 5 films”.
Like MOV's A Seat at the Table exhibition on Chinese migration to Canada, the stories told to Kwan by Chinese restaurant-owners all over the world tell a long and ongoing history of food as one’s entry point to nation, community and belonging. Placing both the exhibition and other short films in dialogue with Kwan’s work – we explore how cultural foods become a platform for activism against racial prejudice.
Schedule:
4:30pm - Optional A Seat at the Table Tour (English)
4:45pm - Optional A Seat at the Table Tour (Cantonese)
5:00pm - Optional A Seat at the Table Tour (Mandarin)
5:30pm - Reception
6:00pm - Film Screening with Q&A to follow
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