James T. Hong () is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker and artist whose works tend to focus on philosophical topics and figures, controversial race and class issues, and historical conflicts in Asia.
Works
His films and videos include ''Behold the Asian: How One Becomes What One Is'', ''Condor: A Film from California'', ''The Form of the Good'', ''Taipei 101: A Travelogue of Symptoms'', ''The Spear of Destiny'', ''Suprematist Kapital'', and ''The Denazification of MH'' about
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centu ...
, which is analyzed in the journal ''Film-Philosophy''.
Hong produced the award-winning documentary ''731: Two Versions of Hell'' about Japan's
Unit 731
, short for Manshu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment and Ishii Unit, was a covert Biological warfare, biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in unethical h ...
in 2007, which was followed by ''Lessons of the Blood'' in 2010.
His 2012 film ''The Turner Film Diaries'' is based on the infamous, racist American novel, ''
The Turner Diaries
''The Turner Diaries'' is a 1978 novel by William Luther Pierce, published under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald. It depicts a violent revolution in the United States which leads to the overthrow of the federal government, a nuclear war, and, ...
''.
He has written for ''
e-flux journal'' and has been featured in various contemporary art biennials.
In 2016 he released the documentary ''Terra Nullius or: How to Be a Nationalist'', which focuses on disputed territory in the East China Sea.
References
External links
* http://taiwandocs.tfi.org.tw/en/film_detail/11726
* http://artforum.com/words/id=63513
* http://www.uniondocs.org/james-t-hong-an-antidote/
* http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/gast.php?id=1094
* http://www.filmakers.com/index.php?a=filmDetail&filmID=1578
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* http://www.sfbg.com/39/33/cover_james_t_hong.html
* https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/02_programm_2016/02_Filmdatenblatt_2016_201603082.php#tab=filmStills
*http://www.ubu.com/film/hong.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20121019212543/http://pots.tw/node/11086
American experimental filmmakers
American film directors of Chinese descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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