Hunky Blues, Péter Forgács

Time: 19:00-21:00, Friday, April 21st

Location: Dr. White, The-Mix-Place, No. 880, Hengshan Road, Xuhui District

Hunky Blues – American Dream 2009-100min-Hungary   Director: Péter Forgács

The Hungarian immigrant experience is revealed and revered in this documentary by director Peter Forgacs. The filmmaker weaves photographs, home-movie footage, and interviews into an epic saga of escape and immigration, and integration and assimilation as he chronicles the wave of Hungarians who arrived in America between 1890 and 1921. From the rural countryside of Eastern Europe to EllisIsland, Hunky Blues follows the struggles of ordinary Hungarians as they travel the well-trodden path to the American Dream.

Doc Lab dedicates to research, creative production, publication and screening of documentary and non-fiction film. It focuses on innovative nonfiction storytelling in personal cinema, local Chinese documentary practice, and international co-production. It runs a film club which organizes screening events of non-fiction films among students and club members. Doc Lab is part of USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural andCreative Industry, Shanghai.