On and Off-Screen Imaginaries

by Tiffany Sia Primary Information 3/12/2024, paperback SKU: 9798987624975   Please note this book is a special order, it may take a couple of weeks to process at the distributor before it arrives in shop. Artist writings that advocate an exilic filmmaking practice, moving beyond national identity and the politics of place This collection of writings by artist and filmmaker Tiffany Sia (born 1988) gathers six essays that offer a framework for fugitive cinema. Written in the wake of the 2019-20 Hong Kong Protests ignited by the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement, Sia's writings survey the rise of a new documentary vernacular being produced by a wave of emerging filmmakers breaking from the nostalgia of Hong Kong's cinematic golden age. As a practitioner and thinker, Sia has been at the forefront of a nascent generation of artists working to trace social unrest and political crackdowns. Drawing from personal experience and historical study, her writings offer urgent reflections on a cultural