[ I·CARE Film Festival 2017 博群電影節] Sunday Beauty Queen 周日皇后

This year's I·CARE Film Festival has invited Dr. Ju-chen Chen to be the post-screening speaker for the film "Sunday Beauty Queen". Highlighting the subjectivity of the Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong, this film shows us the dreams and life of these workers through their participation in a beauty pageant.

Sunday Beauty Queen

2016｜Philippine｜94 min｜ In English & Filipino with English subtitles  Director: Baby Ruth Villarama

When it comes to weekend streetscape in Hong Kong, the little makeshift havens put up by the Filipino maids in Central are likely to spring to mind. Leaving their country at a young age for a better livelihood, they strike the most of us as menial workers who crowd together on holidays. Who cares who they are, what their dreams are…? As director Villarama delves into their world, she finds out that some of them are busy getting ready for a beauty pageant. Their beauty eludes most Hong Kongers, but not Villarama and the jurors at the Busan International Film Festival, South Korea. Show time for our Cinderellas! Date: 23 March 2017 (Thursday) Time: 6:45pm Venue: Room103, Y.C. Liang Hall Post-screening Discussion Speaker: Chen Ju Chen (Lecturer, Department of Anthropology) Language: English Chen Ju Chen Chen is a Lecturer of the Department of Anthropology in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interest includes anthropology of China, globalization, urban studies, social differences, labor migration, gender, consumption and mass media. Click HERE for details. 周日皇后 2016｜菲律賓｜94分鐘｜ 英語、菲律賓語｜英文字幕 導演：維拉拉瑪 說起香港的周末風光，好不容易偷得半日閒的菲律賓女傭在中環搭起的臨時小天地，確是一道讓人難以忘懷的風景。她們自小離家到外地打工，旁人只注意她們的工作和聯群結隊的假日，說到真性情與少女夢，卻乏人問津。導演Villarama走進香港鬧市，問問這群異鄉人有何所求，意外地跟隨一群有志於參加選美的「周日皇后」，看她們如何構想專屬的美夢。香港人看不見她們的美，但導演看見了，南韓釜山電影節的評審亦看見了。銀幕上，這群灰姑娘才是主角。 日期：2017年3月23日（星期四） 時間：晚上6時45分 地點：潤昌堂103室 映後座談講者：陳如珍（人類學系講師） 座談語言：英語 陳如珍 香港中文大學人類學系講師，其研究興趣為中國人類學、全球化、都市人類學、社會差異與階層、勞動移民、性別研究、消費文化與媒體研究。 按此查看詳情。