WUNRN
Women Make Movies - WMM
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film by Marlo
Poras - Produced by Marlo
Poras and Yu
Ying Wu Chou
US/China,
2013 - Mandarin/Mosuo/Tibetan, Subtitled
FILM SEGMENT: http://www.wmm.com/advscripts/wmmvideo.aspx?pid=220
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tale of two sisters living in the shadow of two Chinas, this documentary by
award-winning filmmaker Marlo Poras (Mai’s America; Run Grany Run) follows Juma
and Latso, young women from one of the world’s last remaining matriarchal
societies. Thrust into the worldwide economic downturn after losing jobs in
Beijing and left with few options, they return to their remote Himalayan
village. But growing exposure to modernity has irreparably altered traditions
of the Mosuo, their tiny ethnic miniority, and home is not the same. Determined
to keep their family out of poverty, one sister sacrifices her educational
dreams and stays home to farm, while the other leaves, trying her luck in the
city. The changes test them in unexpected ways. This visually stunning film
highlights today’s realities of women’s lives and China’s vast cultural and
economic divides while offering rare views of a surviving matriarchy.
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