Diasporama: Dead Air
1997, Cantonese. Directed by Yau Ching.
An average of 60,000 people emigrated from Hong Kong each year in early 1990s. An absolutely personal and biased sampling of this diaspora from an insider/outsider perspective just before the 1997 handover. Based on the personal experiences of individuals from Hong Kong in 1990s, Diasporama is an experimental documentary that addresses issues of the diasporic condition. In a series of intimate interviews that explore the relationship of the personal and the political, Yau Ching confronts notions of nationhood, identity, and post-colonialism. Inserting her own face and voice as a form of mediation, the artist herself becomes one of the subjects.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 4 June 1997
- Original title
- 另起爐灶之耳仔痛
- Country
- Hong Kong, United States of America, Canada
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Diasporama: Dead Air runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Diasporama: Dead Air isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 June 1997. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Diasporama: Dead Air?
Diasporama: Dead Air (1997) was directed by Yau Ching.