Title & Author:

Never rest/unrest / Video Data Bank presents ; [a film by] Tiffany Sia.

Publication:

Chicago, IL : Video Data Bank, 2020.

Description:

1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes:
"Subtitles are intentionally omitted from the film as a means of interrogating the cultural proximity or distance of the viewer from Hong Kong"--Video Data Bank.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.
Blu-Ray; NTSC ; region A ; 16:9 widescreen presentation
In English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin).

Summary:

"Never Rest/Unrest is a hand-held short film about the relentless political actions in Hong Kong, spanning early summer to late 2019. The experimental short is an adaptation of the artist's practice of scaling oral history, utilizing the vertical 16:9 aspect ratio as a vernacular form. Never Rest/Unrest takes up the provocation of Julio Garcia Espinosa's "Imperfect Cinema" on the potential for filmmaking that aims towards an urgent, process-driven cinema. Dominant narratives of crisis pushed by news journalism are resisted. Instead, crisis poses ambiguous, anachronistic and often banal time." Video Data Bank.

Subject:

Hong Kong Protests, Hong Kong, China, 2019-
Political activists China Hong Kong.
Human rights China Hong Kong.
Protest movements China Hong Kong.
Manifestations de Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Chine, 2019-
Activistes Chine Hongkong.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Chine Hongkong.
Human rights.
Political activists.
Protest movements.
Social conditions.
Hong Kong (China) Social conditions.
China Hong Kong.

Form/genre:

Experimental films.
Motion pictures.
Short films.
Films expérimentaux.
Courts métrages.
Films.

Added entries:

Sia, Tiffany, film director.

Never rest slash unrest