Cinematic Taiwan
台灣電影櫥窗
Peter Chin: The Blood Remembers
誰在那邊跳舞？
Aug 23
8月23日
2:00pm - 3:00pm
About the Program
Featuring celebrated choreographer and dancer, Peter Chin, the film captures a creator at the height of his powers as he revisits some of his most seminal works. Reflecting on his Hakka identity and Chinese-Jamaican roots, the diasporic artist and performer explores themes of resilience in the face of adversity, the healing power of community and the deep spirituality that permeates his life’s work.
For more than three decades, Peter Chin has captivated global audiences with his innovative and original style of dance. As a choreographer, composer, designer and artistic director, he has presented boundary-pushing works that have garnered the respect and praise of modern dance aficionados worldwide. Critics have called Chin a “Renaissance man” of the arts— “a study in fluid grace” with “an imagination that commands respect.”
This film is a rare opportunity to hear firsthand from a multi-award-winning master about the inspiration that courses through his veins and propels his life and art.
Post-screening Q&A featuring the director Jeanette Kong and choreographer Peter Chin.
*Photo credit to Cylla Von Tiedemann
Jeanette Kong is a Jamaican-born, Chinese-Canadian documentarian who has produced and directed several films about the Hakka people. Her 2012 feature Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China aired on PBS and the Africa Channel and was the winner of the audience award at the 2015 Reelworld Film Festival in Toronto. Jeanette’s latest film, A Brief Record of My Father’s Time at Sea, has been screened at several international film festivals and aired in Canada on TVO.
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