Table of Contents

Introduction: the forms of the British official/sponsored documentary film.-1. Diverging jurisdictions: The influence of ‘Griersonian’ and ‘civil service’ traditions of official film-making on the Malayan Film Unit (1946-57) and Hong Kong Film Unit (1959-73).-2. Delusions of regional superintendence at the end of empire and the case of the Singapore Regional Information Office, 1947-1961.-3. The use of the official film in Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, 1957-73, and the role of the United Kingdom Information Services, British Information Services, British Council and Hong Kong Government Information Services.-4. Berita Singapura (1963-9) and Hong Kong Today (1967-73).-5. The rise of television, persistence of authoritarianism, and decline of the official film in Singapore, Malaya/Malaysia and Hong Kong, 1955-75

About the Author

Ian Aitken is Professor of Film Studies at the School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University. His most recent book publications include Hong Kong Documentary Film (2014), Lukácsian Film Theory and Cinema: An Analysis of Georg Lukács’ Writings on Film 1913-1971 (2012), and the Routledge Concise Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, (ed.) (2012).