ON-SITE SCREENING: Saturday, SEPT 24 at 4:45pm
VIEWING REGION: Canada
Language: English
Women in China were historically forced into oppressive marriages and forbidden to read or write by their households for thousands of years. To cope, they developed and shared a secret language among themselves called Nushu. Written in poems or songs with bamboo pens on paper-folded fans and handkerchiefs, these hidden letters bonded generations of Chinese women in a clandestine support system of sisterhood, hope and survival.
- Year2022
- Runtime86 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryChina, United States, Norway, Germany
- DirectorViolet Du Feng and Zhao Qing
- ProducerMette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Jean Tsien, and Su Kim
ON-SITE SCREENING: Saturday, SEPT 24 at 4:45pm
VIEWING REGION: Canada
Language: English
Women in China were historically forced into oppressive marriages and forbidden to read or write by their households for thousands of years. To cope, they developed and shared a secret language among themselves called Nushu. Written in poems or songs with bamboo pens on paper-folded fans and handkerchiefs, these hidden letters bonded generations of Chinese women in a clandestine support system of sisterhood, hope and survival.
- Year2022
- Runtime86 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryChina, United States, Norway, Germany
- DirectorViolet Du Feng and Zhao Qing
- ProducerMette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Jean Tsien, and Su Kim