Nov 8 | Death by Design | May Hall
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Time: 1730-1930
Venue: Lecture Hall, G/F, May Hall, HKU
Schedule:
1700 Reception
1730 Film Screening
1845 Discussion with Director Sue Williams (韋蘇), moderated by Professor Helen Siu (蕭鳳霞) [Discussion will be in English]
In English with Chinese subtitles. No registration required. First come, first served.
In March of this year, Death by Design premiered at The University of Hong Kong to a capacity audience. It returns by demand in a special encore presentation.
Consumers love – and live on – their smartphones, tablets and laptops. A cascade of new devices pours endlessly into the market, promising even better communication, non-stop entertainment and instant information. The numbers are staggering. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone.
But this revolution has a dark side, hidden from most consumers. In an investigation that spans the globe, filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry and reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs. From the intensely secretive factories in China, to a ravaged New York community and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley, the film tells a story of environmental degradation, of health tragedies, and the fast approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability.
This special encore presentation is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Asia Global Institute.
Enquiries:
3917 1297 | agimail@hku.hk
3917 5772 | ihss@hku.hk
Programme by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Asia Global Institute
