To accompany Hong Kong’s collateral event at the Venice Biennale 2017, ‘Samson Young: Songs for Disaster Relief’, M+ and the Hong Kong Arts Centre are co-presenting a programme of film screenings and conversations on the theme of charity efforts. Through a local feature film, a Taiwanese music video, and two international documentaries, ‘We Are One?’ explores some of the central issues raised in the exhibition, providing both a wider context for Young’s newly commissioned work for Venice.
Charity Songs That Rocked The World In The 1980s
Date: 16 October 2017 (Mon)
Time: 7:30 – 9:30pm
Screening: Band Aid: The Song That Rocked The World (2004)
Post-screening conversation with RubberBand and Wong Chi Chung
Charity Initiatives Go East
Date: 17 October 2017 (Tues)
Time: 7:30 – 10:00pm
Screening: Tomorrow Will Be Better MV (1985), The Banquet (1991)
Post-screening conversation with Jass Leung Wai Sze and Poon Yuen Leung
The World As One?
Date: 23 October 2017 (Mon)
Time: 7:30 – 10:15pm
Screening: We Come As Friends (2014)
Post-screening conversation with Keith B. Richburg and Simon Shen Xu-hui
Venue: Hong Kong Art Centre Cinema
Language: Conversations in Cantonese and English with simultaneous interpretation
Free admission. Limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register here in advance.
