VCA Film & Television's video: Wonder Boy Corrie Chen 2010 Drama

Format: Digital / Sound: Stereo / Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Producer: Anna Kojevnikov It’s Chinese New Year – dancing lions, dragons, blood red firecrackers, and a beast called Nian. But 10 year old Clancy is tired. Every Saturday he has to go to Chinese school and it sucks. He can’t speak Chinese, and his mum can’t speak English. All she wants is her only child to speak Chinese, but Clancy just wants to be like Sam, the cool kid at school. In an act of rebellion, Clancy steals a firecracker from school to impress Sam and his friends, but he soon discovers that it will take all of his courage to discover who it is he really wants to be. ‘Wonder Boy’ was Chen’s graduate short film, made whilst they was studying at VCA Film and Television, which is a part of The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. This film is released as part of the VCA Film and Television Digital Archive Project, a living audio-visual record of student short films that date back to 1966. The films in the collection display cultural, historical, social and aesthetic significance. They are part of a widespread research, pedagogy and engagement digital archive project aimed at preserving and showcasing this important part of our Australian moving image history. To read an article that discusses this film visit: https://precinct.finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/2019/05/16/vca-digital-archive-multiculturalism-in-australia/ To find out more about the VCA Film and TV Digital Archive Project visit: http://vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftvarchive Digitiser: VCA Film and Television. Find us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/vca_mcm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thevictoriancollegeofthearts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vca_mcm/