Nestled in the centre of Hong Kong, the neighbourhood of Hung Hom is a study in contradictions. While the dead are transported to the nearby funeral homes, the living crowd its bustling streets. The affluent live in luxury residences towering over dilapidated buildings marked for demolition, while the poor sift through construction waste and trash for a meagre living wage. Capturing the ebb and flow of this urban district over a five-year period, Wong Siu-pong’s latest observational documentary provokes thoughtful discussion at a time when waste disposal has become a hot-button issue. 'Obedience' questions what is truly considered waste in this city.

這邊廂大興土木建造沙中綫，那邊廂被收購唐樓有石屎剝落。觀音開庫吸引大批善信參拜祈求財運亨通，小販就在天光墟擺賣他人丟棄之物，將廢物轉為財富。婆婆拾紙皮賺取蠅頭小利，清潔工人冒雨推着裝滿垃圾的手推車，回收公司則因市區重建面臨結業。歷時五年製作，本地獨立紀錄片導演黃肇邦透過平實觀察，以拾荒為題，發掘紅磡易受忽略的低下層生活，在長生店林立的街道，在觀音廟的香火前，揭示貧富差距，注視圍繞我城的深層次矛盾。

Director’s bio
Wong Siu-pong is an independent documentarian, who was born in 1986 in Hong Kong. His first feature-length documentary, Fish Story (2013), won Best Documentary at FIRST International Film Festival. Snuggle (2016) and 3CM (2019) were both awarded the Films of Merit at Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. As an observer of the city and its people, Wong is passionate about turning his eye to the society’s underrepresented and forgotten people.

黃肇邦，獨立紀錄片導演。過往作品包括《子非魚》、《伴生》、《3cm》。作品曾榮獲FIRST青年電影展「最佳紀錄片獎」、香港亞洲電影節「亞洲新導演獎」提名，入選華盛頓華語電影節、台北電影節、南方影展、臺灣國際人權影展、新加坡華語電影節等多個影展，兩度獲得香港電影評論學會大獎「年度推薦電影」。