The Mosuo Sisters
US/China | 2013 | 80 minutes | Color | DVD | Mandarin/Mosuo/Tibetan | Subtitled | Order No. 131105
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PRESS
"An outstanding film. The sisters’ appealing personalities and articulate narration, the universality of the story, and the striking visuals all combine to hold a viewer’s interest and offer a variety of possible lessons about gender, ethnicity, labour, family, and ambition in today’s China."
"A moving fillm...depicts the struggles of two sisters from an ethnic group in China whose lives lead them away from the family village, then away from each other, and ultimately back together--but perhaps for the last generation of their society."
"3 stars! Offering a rare glimpse into a little-seen segment of Chinese society, this is recommended."
"A well-shot, confidently crafted feature with the firm narrative drive of an old-fashioned novel, one that pulls its leading figures’ fates at the fore . . . "
"A quietly stunning portrait of modern China."
“Does what good documentaries should: provide insight into the unseen.”
SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS
- San Francisco Int’l Asian American Film Festival
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
- Doc NYC
- Salem Film Festival
- Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival
- Zurich Film Festival
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
MARLO PORAS began her film career as an apprentice to Thelma Schoonmaker at Martin Scorsese’s Cappa Productions and worked in the editing room on independent films such as Greg Mottola’s DAYTRIPPERS and Alison Anders’ GRACE OF MY HEART. Later, she was living in Vietnam, producing teen oriented HIV/AIDS education films for The Population Council when she was inspired to make MAI’S AMERICA, her first film. MAI’S AMERICA received much critical acclaim and won numerous awards including the Audience Award for Feature Documentary at SXSW and Best Feature Documentary from the International Documentary Association (IDA). It aired on P.O.V., PBS’ award winning non–fiction showcase. Marlo’s next film, RUN GRANNY RUN, aired on HBO and received the Audience Award for Feature Documentary at SXSW and the Special Jury Award at the Woodstock International Film Festival. Marlo also edited the Emmy Award nominated documentary THE FLUTE PLAYER and works as a camerawoman. She’s the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. (4/13)
A native of Taiwan, Yu Ying studied media and advertising before transitioning into documentary film editing. She spent five years collaborating in the editing room with David Sutherland on his six hour Frontline series, COUNTRY BOYS, which aired on PBS/Frontline in January 2006. She was a co-editor on HBO’s RUN GRANNY RUN and is currently co-editing David Sutherland’s latest PBS/Frontline series, A KIND HEARTED WOMAN. (5/13)
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