Write a paper on one course film by focusing on one theme below. t answer this question: What aspects of Hong Kong society, culture, politics, or economy, does the film under study expose, critique, and reconfigure? focus on either one film or on two films (in which case it will be a comparative essay). The second film can be a film not screened
Topics:
1) Northern vs. Southern Cultures
2) Migrant identity
3) Women in modern nation (such as mui tsai, or professional women)
4) Right versus Left Politics (Democracy versus Communism)
5) Confucian morality (such as father and son, mother and son, etc.)
6) Ethics of the wuxia hero
7) Music in Hong Kong film