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My Leftover Ladies
In China the word ‘Sheng nu’ means ‘leftover women’ and is a derogatory term made popular by the All-China Women’s Federation that classifies women who remain unmarried after they are 28 years old. It’s part of the pressure that their society place on women to conform and accept that marriage is the only goal they…
A TOUCH OF SIN
This is acclaimed director Jia Zhang-ke’s haunting and devastating take on how the rapid economic expansion of China is hitting the majority of people in these four separate stories of unparalleled violence. The first tale is of Dahai an ex-miner who goes on a rampage after he fails to report the Village Chief for selling…
CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
What better way to celebrate Chinese New Year at Sundance than selecting ‘CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT’ as my first movie of the day. Evidently that old curmudgeon Chairman Mao banned boxing in China as he said it was the sport of capitalism and thus very bad. It wasn’t until after Mohammed Ali visited China in 1979 as a goodwill ambassador that…
DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME
This ancient Chinese Empire is just about to install its the first ever female Emperor in it’s history which is not going down to well with most of the old guard, and weird things start happening. When two government officials spontaneously combust, the Empress orders Detective Dee to be set free from the prison she…
