Small happiness : Life in a Chinese village

United States, 1985

Film
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Episode number 2 of Series “Long Bow Trilogy”.
Despite the tremendous advances women in China have made, serious problems continue. Long Bow women talk about love, marriage, work, birth control, birth customs and the now outlawed custom of foot binding. Moving interviews with Ling Qiao and her mother-in-law draw us into their lives.

Credits

co-producers/directors

Richard Gordon

Carma Hinton

production company

Long Bow Productions

Language

English

Duration

00:58:00:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

34586

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women - China

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → China - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - China

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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