EVENT INFORMATION
Tuesday, Oct 27, 6:30 PM
Screening:AUTUMN GEM Register Online
AUTUMN GEM explores the extraordinary life of the Chinese revolutionary
heroine and women’s rights activist Qiu Jin (1875 – 1907). During the reign of
the last dynasty in China, Qiu Jin boldly challenged traditional gender roles
and demanded equal rights and opportunities for women. At a time when women’s
lives were often marked by repressive practices such as footbinding, arranged
marriages, and denial of education, she envisioned a future where women would
free themselves from the confines of tradition and emerge as strong and active
citizens of a new and modern nation.
Writer/Director Rae Chang will be joined by her colleague
Adam Tow, Amy Dooling,
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Connecticut
College, and Ann Lau, Chair of the Visual Artists Guild in
Los Angeles, for a Q&A after the screening
$15 to NYWIFT, Visual Arts Guild and Asia Society members
$25 to Nonmembers
RSVP online: New York Women in Film and Television Email: info@nywift.org Phone: (212) 679-0870
NOTE: If you'd like to attend
the screening of AUTUMN GEM about China's first feminist in the late 1800s with
a Q&A with the filmmakers, we have arranged a further discount for
$10. www.nywift.org, click Visual Artists
Guild, enter code: autgem
Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich St., 2nd floor.(between North Moore Street
and Franklin Street). Tribeca Film Center is reachable by the 1 train at
Franklin Street. Exit the subway station using the Franklin Street exit. Walk
two blocks west to Greenwich Street and make a right turn. We are located in the
middle of the block on the right hand side.