A video letter to my friend Mo Man Yu about China. When i was in Changjiang I saw some boatmen in a river. They were pushing a wooden boat upstream, undaunted by the currents, transporting their tourist passengers to their destinations. In their actions I witnessed two characteristics of Chinese people: dogged determination and simple goodwill. My video letter has a political message. Perhaps the so-called political dissidents – those imprisoned by the Chinese government, like the author Wei Jingsheng – are all just like these boatmen, full of conviction and good intentions, committed to the simple goal of guiding their people to better shores.

May Fung created over 10 short experimental films between 1977 and 1985 and over 20 video works from1986 onwards. Later she created video installations and put video art into the theatre. Fung is also passionate about the development of visual and performing arts, and received a fellowship from the Asian Culture Council for researching video art in New Yorkin 1994. In 1999 Fung was awarded the Hong Kong Arts Development Council “Arts Development Scholarship” for video installation art. She has been an assessor or juror for various video and film festivals/exhibition in Hong Kong, and is now an examiner and advisor to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. In addition, Fung is the chairperson of Art & Culture Outreach, a non-profit charitable arts organization.