New immigrant : on the first locally produced film in Singapore and Malaya

• Main Author: Hee, Wai Siam
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::China::Chinese overseas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100493; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24116
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Based on historical evidence from a large number of newspapers from the 1920s, this article disputes the assertion of the international academic circle that the film Xin Ke (New Immigrant) was never released. The article demonstrates the historical significance of Xin Ke and establishes its status a...