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The Black Cannon Incident on 35mm
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Films
The Black Cannon Incident, dir. Huang Jianxin, China 1985, Mandarin with English subtitles, 94 min.


The film chronicles the Kafkaesque predicament of a bumbling factory translator who is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. The debut feature from filmmaker Huang Jianxin will be screened on a rare 35mm print from the ICA archive.
 

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