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A Cinema in Every
Neighbourhood
as a platform for different people to ‘sit down and talk’, as society is becoming other member of the audience of the
more divided. He also wants to expose the general public to a wider range of screening regards her
media content because movie choices in cinemas are often restricted nowadays, presence as a form
and movies featuring sensitive issues are often excluded. of community par-
Apart from “A Taxi Driver”, the HK Community Cinema held eight screen- ticipation. “Apart
ing sessions of non-mainstream movies that features social movements in Sep- from simply com-
tember and October in 2019, including “1987: When the Day Comes (1987: 逆 ing out for a mov-
權公民)”, “Winter on Fire(凜冬烈火)”, “The Edge of Night (街頭)”, “Hand in ie, I have a sense
Hand (牽阮的手)”, and “Wind That Shakes the Barley (風吹麥動)”. that I am respond-
Watching “A Taxi Driver” when Hong Kong is embroiled in the anti-extra- ing to the call of so- Zowie Lee
dition law amendment bill (anti-ELAB) protests, Zowie Lee Cheuk-yuet, an- ciety,” she says. Cheuk-yuet
