Small happiness : Life in a Chinese village

United States, 1985

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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.

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Credits

co-producers/directors

Richard Gordon

Carma Hinton

production company

Long Bow Productions

Duration

00:58:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1985

Appears in

Long Bow Trilogy

Group of items

Long Bow Trilogy

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ACMI Identifier

017485

Language

English

Audience classification

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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