Watch a fascinating documentary that explores how the roles, rights and social status of its women are changing in China. (54 minutes, in English and Chinese with English subtitles)

Synopsis:

Decades after emigrating to the United States, filmmaker May May Tchao returns to China to
explore how, in light of its emergence as an economic powerhouse, the roles, rights, and social
status of its women are also changing.

May May connected with four women: a young rural farmer who against all odds, became a
teacher; a successful lawyer in a male-dominated profession juggling her work with single
motherhood; a divorced factory worker struggling to brighten her daughter’s future; and a
Dongzu ethnic minority singer torn between her dreams and her responsibilities as a peasant’s
wife and a mother.

From the urban hustle of Beijing to the desolate beauty of rural provinces, May May charts the
progress of hard-won gender equality through struggles unique to China’s politics and patriarchal
past. Through their intimate stories, she learns how and why gender equality in China is so hardearned.

Director May May Tchao will be present to talk about the film and to answer questions from the audience.