Movie
Stories of Pang Jai
2020 · 50 min
A quiet, grounded portrait of stubborn street vendors holding onto their patch of city against faceless redevelopment, equal parts melancholy and resolve.
- Directed by
- Jimmy Lo
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Until 2015, the government proposed land resumption without consultation to build a subsidized housing unit. In Hong Kong, where land is extremely expensive, it is not difficult to become a target for eradication if it is regarded as "no economic value". Cloth vendors roar for their common beliefs, between struggle and life, between politicians and bureaucrats, in Sham Shui Po "shacks", in the wind and rain, on sunny days, this is their living space.
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- Directed by
- Jimmy Lo
- Genres
- Documentary
