Hong Kong film industry changes focus to mainland

Reel China: After enjoying a golden age of cinema for almost two decades, the British colony reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, and local film productions have plummeted. The city's filmmakers increasingly aim their fare at the mainland, a source of funding and box office revenue, but it comes at a cost.HONG KONG -- When Mabel Cheung, one of this city's leading directors, shot her historical-political drama "The Soong Sisters" in China in the mid-1990s, the nature of the exchange for the c...