My Voice, My Life

Editor: Amanda Wu My Voice, My Life, directed by Oscar-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Ruby Yang, is an inspirational, realistic film, which premiered in Hong Kong on October 16, 2014. The movie follows the personal journeys of a group of under-privileged Hong Kong...

The Standard: A voice we must all hear

by SIU SAI-WO   The Child Development Initiative Alliance held its first anniversary dinner reception, and Ruby Yang, director of My Voice, My Life, was guest speaker. In fact, Yang has been invited to attend quite a few similar events recently as many social...

NYT blog: Q. and A.: Ruby Yang on Hong Kong Youth and Identity

By EDWARD WONG One evening in March 2007, the United States ambassador to China, Clark T. Randt Jr., hosted a dinner at his Beijing residence for Xi Jinping, who was then the Communist Party chief of Zhejiang Province, in which the two discussed, among other things,...

TimeOut Hong Kong: Q&A: Ruby Yang – My Voice, My Life

Arthur Tam speaks with the Academy Award-winning director Ruby Yang about her new documentary, My Voice, My Life, which looks into the lives of young Hongkongers discovering their identity Hong Kong is not a city known for its documentaries. With a shrinking film...

WSJ: To Hong Kong, With Love

Hong Kong Documentary Focuses on Disadvantaged Students By DEAN NAPOLITANO Oscar-winner Ruby Yang’s new documentary about a group of Hong Kong students involved in a high-school musical seemed far removed from her acclaimed films on social issues facing China. Until...

SCMP Film review: My Voice, My Life

MY VOICE, MY LIFE Starring: Jason Chow, Lin Tsz-nok, Tabitha Chan, Lam Sio-fan, Nick Ho Lik-ho, Emily Chung Siu-wan Director: Ruby Yang Ziye Category: IIA (Cantonese) Students are a real inspiration. Even those who initially appear to be troublemakers can go on to...

MVML Premiere Album

Charity Gala Premiere Director Ruby YangIn support of the HKU’s First-In-The Family Education FundHKU’s Vice-Chancellor Peter Mathieson and his wife Tina MathiesonThe Lee FamilyCharles Chong, L plus H Creations FoundationDirector Ruby Yang and Cecilia Ho of Lee Hysan...

CHARITY GALA PREMIERE

Charity Gala Premiere Director Ruby YangIn support of the HKU’s First-In-The Family Education FundHKU’s Vice-Chancellor Peter Mathieson and his wife Tina MathiesonThe Lee FamilyCharles Chong, L plus H Creations FoundationDirector Ruby Yang and Cecilia Ho of Lee Hysan...
Filmmaker Ruby Yang: looking at the city from a different angle

Filmmaker Ruby Yang: looking at the city from a different angle

by Oliver Chou   The last time Ruby Yang saw protests like the ones gripping Hong Kong in the past week was the 1967 riots. But she was too young then to make a documentary film on them. Fast-forward to 2014, and the filmmaker has again missed the opportunity...

Charity Gala Premiere

The Premiere Gala of “My Voice, My Life” was held at The Grand Cinema, Elements on October 7, 2014 (Tuesday). Educators, public figures, cast and their parents showed up to support the film. Thanks to The University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and...