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A Community in Full Bloom
1993
28 min. documentary video commissioned by Anthropology Museum of UBC, to accompany the exhibition “A Rare Flower - A Century of Cantonese Opera in Canada.” The video shares a rare glimpse of the inner sanctum of the Jin Wah Sing Music Association. Founded in 1934, Jing Wah Sing is one the oldest Cantonese opera clubs in Canada.
The MOA exhibition showcased a collection of Cantonese opera costumes and accessories - one of the
oldest and largest in the world...Photographs, news clippings, and other materials document how
Cantonese opera has remained a vibrant art form in Canada from 1880s to today.
May 16 - November 7, 1993, and traveling exhibition between January 18, 1994 - February 4, 1996
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