Rediscovering Early Chinese Cinema: From the Archive to the Internet
Registration: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/cc/news-and-events/events/2021/04/09/?sc_lang=en
Department of Chinese Culture, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
PST 6:00-7:30pm, April 8, 2021 (Zoom)
HKT 10:00-11:30am, April 9, 2021 (Zoom)
Speaker: Christopher Rea, University of British Columbia
Summary
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