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HK cinema mooc “rerun”
We are doing a “rerun” of our MOOC on Hong Kong cinema beginning on September 12.  This is a great opportunity for your students to participate for free in our online course.  If it fits, consider putting it on your syllabus.  The students do not need to complete the course or even start at the beginning, so feel free to ask them to drop in for one or two units.  They can do all the online activities as well as participate in the forum discussions.  If you would like us to do something specifically for your students, please let us know.  We can consider special activities or online forum questions to stimulate discussion.  Also, if you have any feedback on the MOOC, feel free to share your thoughts with us.  We are grateful for your support.
MOOC description
This pioneering online experience is under the direction of internationally-recognized film studies scholars Professor Gina Marchetti and Dr. Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park from the HKU Department of Comparative Literature and Dr. Stacilee Ford from the HKU Department of History and American Studies Program with the creative assistance of HKU TELI (Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative).  The EdEx platform hosts Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens, which is free of charge on the Internet. Lively and student-centered, this MOOC is appropriate for secondary, tertiary, and lifelong learners from all corners of the globe, who have a good command of the English language.   Teachers are welcome and encouraged to adapt various modules and materials for their own classroom or e-learning needs. The course explores globalization through Hong Kong cinema featuring crisp analyses of the actors and filmmakers whose lives and films connect the local Hong Kong scene to global histories, events, and trends. Throughout the six-week course, students will encounter stars including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Maggie Cheung as well as award-winning directors such as John Woo, Mabel Cheung, Andrew Lau, and Wong Kar-Wai.  Each week a new film showcases talents, themes, and local-global connections. The cinematic canvas ranges from martial arts and heroic bloodshed films to romantic comedies and migration melodramas. Covering a range of topics, genres, and films, the course features demonstrations of swordplay and action choreography, tutors students in the close analysis of film techniques, uncovers the reasons for the worldwide appeal of genres such as the kung fu film, and nurtures a comparative and critical understanding of issues of gender, race, and migration. Interviews with film professionals such as directors Mabel Cheung and Andrew Lau, producer John Sham, film festival director Roger Garcia, and other guests, offer candid insights about the industry.
“Our ‘on site’ location in the cultural crossroads that is Hong Kong allows us extraordinary access to the industry,” says Professor Marchetti. “I am particularly pleased that this MOOC showcases a team of scholars within the HKU Department of Comparative Literature and the Faculty of Arts who do cutting-edge research and model pedagogical excellence.” Magnan-Park asserts, "Those in the know understand Hong Kong cinema's uniqueness and its continuing impact in transforming other national cinemas, including China and Hollywood. You too can begin your journey to become a cinematic doyen." The instructors are keen to facilitate teacher-student and peer-to-peer interactions that, like Hong Kong cinema itself, energizes as it educates. Marchetti is hopeful that, “MOOC learners will see how these flows and dynamic processes are inflected in characterization, plot development, and space-time configurations on Hong Kong screens.” Magnan-Park guarantees that Hong Kong cinema will “kung fu your mind” to reveal your inner Hong Kong connections.
For information and registration see the following links: https://www.edx.org/course/hong-kong-cinema-through-global-lens-hkux-hku06-1x or http://bit.ly/hkcinema
All press enquiries should be directed to Ms. Kasey (Man Man) Wong at kaseywmm at gmail.com.
Special Event for Hong Kong  
“The Making of the Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Hong Kong 
Please join us for a public seminar, “The Making of the Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)” at Broadway Cinematheque (3 Public Square St., Yau Ma Tei) on Saturday, 9 September at 2 pm. Speakers include Gina Marchetti, Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, HKU, Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, HKU, and Stacilee Ford, Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of History, HKU. The public seminar will examine how the local and the global intersect to make Hong Kong cinema an integral part of popular culture around the world as well as a leading force in the development of world cinematic art. Emphasis will be placed on key films, stars, directors, and genres that represent Hong Kong on global screens, as well as how Hong Kong cinema is positioned currently in terms of transnational co-productions and cross-cultural co-operations in the region and across the globe. Films to be discussed include: The Karate Kid (dir. Harald Zwart, 2010), Fist of Fury / The Chinese Connection精武門 (dir. Lo Wei羅維, 1972), Enter the Dragon龍爭虎鬥 (dir. Robert Clouse, 1973), An Autumn’s Tale秋天的童話 (dir. Mabel Cheung張婉婷, 1987), The Killer喋血雙雄(dir. John Woo 吳宇森, 1989), Infernal Affairs 無間道 (dir. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak劉偉強和麥兆輝, 2002), In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 (dir. Wong Kar Wai 王家衛, 2000)
We look forward to connecting the MOOC project to a larger discussion of Hong Kong cinema as an expressive art and a creative industry. The talk will be conducted in English. Registration: http://bit.ly/hkcinema2
by denton.2 at osu.edu on August 28, 2017
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