A Life in Six Chapters is S. Louisa Wei’s latest documentary, devoted to the writer Xiao Jun. It can be seen as part of a series of works beginning with Storm under the Sun on the Hu Feng Affair, and includes documentaries on Wang Shiwei, the cultural critic who became one of the first intellectuals to be purged by Mao in the Yan’an period; and the writer Xiao Hong, who after a six-year common-law marriage to Xiao Jun eloped to Hong Kong, where she died a tragically early death.
A Life in Six Chapters is S. Louisa Wei’s latest documentary, devoted to the writer Xiao Jun. It can be seen as part of a series of works beginning with Storm under the Sun on the Hu Feng Affair, and includes documentaries on Wang Shiwei, the cultural critic who became one of the first intellectuals to be purged by Mao in the Yan’an period; and the writer Xiao Hong, who after a six-year common-law marriage to Xiao Jun eloped to Hong Kong, where she died a tragically early death.
The story focus on Caridad and Georgina, who had learned the art of Cantonese Opera in Havana as a young age and performed as divas for over a decade before their lives were changed by Fidel Castro's revolution.
Storm Under the Sun is a documentary about one of the "political storms" by Mao Zedong that fell upon the intellectuals of China in the 50's. Centered around the Hu Feng Case, the documentary traces the synergy that generated such an event, Mao's personal involvement in every step, and various victims' reaction to and realizations following the humiliation and accusations.
Storm Under the Sun is a documentary about one of the "political storms" by Mao Zedong that fell upon the intellectuals of China in the 50's. Centered around the Hu Feng Case, the documentary traces the synergy that generated such an event, Mao's personal involvement in every step, and various victims' reaction to and realizations following the humiliation and accusations.
Ming Ming é uma princesa de artes marciais do século XXI e uma espécie feminina de Robin Hood, que rouba por amor. Uma noite ela conhece D, um lutador de rua, se apaixona e passa a noite com ele. Mas Ming Ming não sabe que, na realidade, D é um conquistador incorrigível, que nunca se compromete com nenhuma mulher. D alardeia que a mulher que lhe der 5 milhões de dólares irá com ele para Harbin. Isso provoca uma série de eventos , a começar por Ming Ming que rouba dinheiro de uma caixa secreta. A princesa conhece Nana, outra namorada de D, que é muito parecida com Ming Ming. Enquanto isso, D desaparece de Xangai deixando apenas uma pista: uma mensagem telefônica em código.
