LAI MAN WAI: THE FATHER OF CHINESE CINEMA NEW!
Friday, May 9 at 10 pm on Knowledge Network

Lai Man Wai: The Father of Chinese Cinema is the story of Lai Man Wai’s life and an account of his endeavors and achievements that contributed to the development of early Chinese cinema. His distinguished career spanned over 40 years and encompassed the turbulent years of China’s Civil War and the Japanese War. Lai Man Wai’s admiration for and loyalty to Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s political movement, together with his own passion for motion pictures, proved to be the major influences in his life. Lai Shek, Lai Man Wai’s sixth son – he himself a retired cameraman – shares his thoughts and memories of his father by taking viewers through Lai Man Wai’s diaries and notes.