Old Hong Kong films dating back decades or even half a century are currently playing in the “Made in Hong Kong Film Festival” held in Washington. In the meantime, contemporary movies were banned from the territory in the post-National Security Law era. Overseas Hongkongers slammed the Washington event and helped the banned films be presented in Britain.
National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) organized the film festival with “generous support” from Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, which met with objections from Hongkongers.
From early July through early August, the “Made in Hong Kong Film Festival” is playing Bruce Lee’s “Fist of Fury” (1972), “Way of the Dragon” (1972), Steven Chow’s “Shaolin Soccer” (2001) “Kung Fu Hustle” (2004), Andy Lau’s “Running on Karma” (2003), and Jackie Chan’s “Drunken Master” (1978). The Hong Kong Government even proposed the festival as one of the events celebrating Hong Kong’s handover 25th Anniversary….