Live events and films Saturday 19 July

 

Silk Screens is a series of simultaneous outdoor film screenings and live events running between 12 noon and 6pm, on Saturday 19 July. Made with the support of BBC Video Nation, more than 50 new films focus on the lives of the British Chinese. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/feature/silkscreens/)
 

The afternoon outdoor spectacles are designed by leading street arts company Emergency Exit Arts, in collaboration with independent producers Tish Francis, Hi Ching, River Cultures and filmmaker Peng Wenlan. They involve professional and community performers, including dancers, singers, martial artists and Chinese crafts.

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, the events reveal the diversity, lives and times of established and new Chinese groups.

Locations of the events on Saturday 19 July:

Big screen, Leicester Square, London
Big screen, Glasgow River Festival, Glasgow
Big screen, Exchange Square, Manchester
Big screen, Victoria Square, Birmingham

Silk Screens is a partnership between the BBC, the British Chinese, municipal authorities and artists, community participants and independent producers, which are working together for the first time for this project.

The Meridian Society is a partner for the London event. The London event will bring together masters of Mahjong, Tai Chi and calligraphy as the words of the moral sage Confucious reveal their importance.

Don't miss the opportunity to join this inter-city event as it is "A Day of A Thousand Joys".