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HONG KONG STORIES 2009: GOODBYE HANDMADE SHOES
Interview a cobbler who make-to-order shoes for customers. He says in shoe-making, workmanship is more important than techniques. He says he learned his trade in Shanghai and that after coming to Hong Kong in 1950, he made bundles hand-making shoes. He laments that no one wants to enter the trade now. Shows some tools that he made himself and how they are used. Shows the steps in making a shoe and what makes a good pair of shoes. A Hong Kong shoe manufacturer who runs seven shoe factories in China tells how he helped his father started his business.
DVD
30 minutes
2009
USD 500.00