Seminar: Dragon Inn (1967)

Enter King Hu’s DRAGON INN (1967) and step into the subversive, swords-clashing world of wuxia films where heroes don’t answer to police states or any laws of gravity.
A gateway film seminar welcoming you into the high flying and fantastical genre’s second wave when filmmakers like Hu modernized the genre through wire-work, acrobatics, and challenging fight choreography — transforming wuxia films into technically daring blockbuster feats that paved the way for Hollywood to fall in love with Ang Lee’s CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON decades later.
About the Instructor:
Cass Clarke is a horror writer, film critic, youth facilitator, and lifelong martial artist. A proud member of GALECA, a society of LGBTQ+ critics, their work on television and film has been published at places like Fangoria, Rue Morgue, Den of Geek, Slash Film, Marvel, and more. While they've led newsrooms in the past as an entertainment journalist -- hopping to film festivals and interviewing beloved cult classic icons like Elvira -- Cass currently finds joy working with Teens in Print as a Youth Program Specialist, where they spend their days designing and teaching journalism curriculum that centers teen voice and choice for the young people of Boston. They have an MFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College and a BA in English Literature from Suffolk University. A 3rd Dan black belt in ITF-style Taekwon-do, Cass can also be found coaching little ones how to kick higher than they imagine in their spare time.