2021S

The University of British Columbia is the only Canadian university to offer a comprehensive, for-credit Cantonese language program.

A survey of the cinema of Hong Kong from the post-war period to the present. The influence of Hong Kong on global cinema, and the forces (artists, studios, audiences, etc.) that have given rise to filmmaking styles and genres perceived as "distinctively Hong Kong."

Students will explore multi-disciplinary perspectives on the histories, cultures, and geographies of Cantonese migration from Kaiping to North America in this Go Global summer seminar.