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Liverpool and Manchester to host BBC Silk Screens |
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
Liverpool and Manchester are among a small group of UK cities which will host BBC Silk Screens, billed as the largest ever festival of Chinese culture, this coming week-end.
Timed to co-incide with the run up to the Beijing Olympics, ‘Silk Screens’ is a series of free outdoor film screenings and live events in cities across the UK featuring films and events focusing on the lives of British Chinese.
A 20 foot high white tiger (animated by five people) will be accompanied by dragons, martial arts groups, live performances of Chinese pop songs and Shanghai jazz. As well as performances of traditional Chinese dance, there will be dance workshops on offer and the opportunity to try Tai Chi.
A number of short films will be shown including Chinese Scouser – a film about a man who feels his heritage has always led to tensions in his life in Liverpool, Journey to the West, in which children at a Sunday Chinese School in Manchester prepare a play which helps them to explore their cultural roots and Liverpool Yiping Yang.
"Silk Screens has been a wonderful opportunity for the BBC to break new ground, creating what is possibly the most comprehensive video portrait of British Chinese ever made in this country" said Rosemary Richards, editor, BBC Video Nation.
Films in Manchester will be screened from noon and films in Liverpool from 1pm.
Further information is available at bbc.co.uk/videonation/feature/silkscreens/
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