This screening of Christine Choy's HA HA SHANGHAI is a deeply personal exploration of her return to Shanghai after three decades, featuring her mother and son as characters, and her daughter Ku-Ling Siegel as cinematographer. The film acts as a 'documentary journal' documenting her efforts to reclaim a family home lost during the Cultural Revolution, navigating the complexities of China's modernization. The event will include an introduction and Q&A session with Ku-Ling Yurman, the film's cinematographer and Christine Choy's daughter, offering unique insights into the film's creation and its personal significance.

Ha Ha Shanghai with Ku-Ling Yurman (Cinematographer)

In 1992 the filmmaker Christine Choy returned to Shanghai for the first time in over thirty years: to track down the title of her family’s house that her mother abandoned on leaving China for the U.S. in the early 1960’s and to locate an old schoolmate. This is a documentary journal recorded over a period of eight years.