Tales of Chinatown | Film Screening

Wednesday 13 May - Sunday 17 May 2026
ALL DAY
Screening Room
Groundfloor, National Hall (G)
National Hall, Olympia
Hammersmith Road
London W14 8UX

Luka Yuanyuan Yang, Tales of Chinatown, 2019, Single-channel HD video, colour, sound, 19’11’’ Edition 1 of 5

The film opens with a walking tour in San Francisco Chinatown: walking into the last surviving theatre following the scene from the 1940s film “Lady from Shanghai” directed by Orson Welles; wandering from “Shanghai Low” to “Forbidden City Nightclub” – the camera follows the pace of Chinese American nightclub dancer Cynthia Yee, historians Wylie Wong and David Lei onto a journey across time and space.

Film by Luka Yuanyuan Yang
Presented by Flowers Gallery
Duration 19 minutes
2019