Interviews & talks
FEATURED · ENGLISH INTERVIEWS
English interviews
Conversations about books, family memory and documentary filmmaking.
English audio · 英文采访GOODNEWSBROADCAST · BOOK INTERVIEW
Shanghai Forever Lost
Sonia Hu talks about Shanghai Forever Lost, family history and cultural memory.
GoodNewsBroadcast · Sonia Hu
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AmDocs · From Stone to Stone
Leighton Ginn talks with Sonia Hu about the story behind the documentary and her experience as an independent filmmaker.
American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund · 2025
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Chinese interviews & author readings
Chinese audio · 中文内容CHINESE INTERVIEW
The Shanghai Aunt on Avenue Joffre
Mei Jing interviews Sonia Hu on New York Time Corner about the nonfiction essay collected in Reminiscence of Fleeting Time.
Mei Jing · Sonia Hu · 2023 · 27:03
AUTHOR READING · CHINESE
My Parents’ Romance at the University of Shanghai
Sonia Hu reads an adaptation of her own Shanghai Forever Lost, recalling her parents’ romance at the University of Shanghai.
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Written and read by Sonia Hu · Chinese audio · 6:36
Chinese talks & oral history
Chinese audio · 中文内容The Lives Behind Biographical Writing
Shanghai Forever Lost: The True Stories Behind the Book
My Journey to the West: Stories Behind the Book
ORAL HISTORY · CHINESE AUDIO
A Mother’s Oral History
A mother’s memories of Shanghai, Beijing and a changing era. Interviews, filming and production by Sonia Hu.
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