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Program 12
ArcLight Hollywood • 12:00 p.m.
 
A WIMMIN THING (RT: 99 minutes)
While we don’t consciously bundle films by and about women into any thematic program, we absolutely had to make a rare exception for this heartfelt sextet of works that foregrounds the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters and, in some cases, fathers.

DIM SUM: A LITTLE BIT OF HEART
(United Kingdom, 2002) Dir.: Jane Wong
Wah So, Marietta, and Linda, three Chinese women representing different generations, sit making dumplings in a Chinese grocery in Liverpool, England. Each of their stories give an understanding of living in an alien culture. Wah So, representing an older generation of Chinese women, expresses alienation from the host culture and the problems of not being able to communicate. Marietta (the filmmaker’s mother) recounts her choices in life, and what she expects from life and her family. Linda, the youngest of the three, raised her three kids alone. From the grocery to the cityscape of Liverpool, Wah So, Marietta, and Linda’s everyday struggles and acceptance of fate is revealed through humorous observations.
35mm, 37 min., color, Documentary
 
STILL LIFE
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Lillian Wang
Love is fear. Time is loss. A man takes an emotional journey through his fear of losing his family.
16mm, 9 min., color, Narrative
 





THROUGH PASSING
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Chishan Lin
A woman revisits a profoundly difficult movement of her childhood and transcends her past through movement. As the woman moves, she goes back to the time when she was a child and observes her mother suffering from cancer. In this particular incident she witnesses her mother being taken by her father and the relatives to the hospital.  his is the last time that her mother is taken and never came back home since.
16mm, 8 min., color, Narrative
 


WOMAN IN THE ATTIC
(USA/Korea, 2003) Dir./Scr.r: Chansoo Kim
Looking in the attic reveals an emotional discovery made by a woman coming of age. Past, present, and future interweave into a nostalgic journey of youth played out in the rooms of her mind. How can memories satisfy her yearning for time.
35mm, 5 min., color, Animated

 
SHOWA SHINZAN
(Canada, 2002) Dir.: Alison Reiko Loader; Scr.: Hiromi Goto, Jesse Nishihata
During the Pacific phase of World War II, Yasuko is sent to live with her grandparents in Hokkaido, in northern Japan. When nearby Mount Usu erupts, her grandfather takes it upon himself to record its activity—an obsession that Yasuko understands even less than the man himself. As the realities of war creep into their remote village, the volcano continues to spew rocks and smoke. As Yasuko looks at her grandfather’s drawings, she realizes that she is witnessing the birth of a new mountain—Showa Shinzan.
35mm, 13 min., color, Animated











 
YIN YIN/JADE LOVE
(Canada, 2002) Dir: Carolyn Wong
A granddaughter finds a sense of connection with her grandmother after her death. YIN YIN/JADE LOVE simultaneously explores the emotional impact of the filmmaker’s last visit with her grandmother, her death, what was subsequently discovered about her extraordinary life, and childhood memories surrounding her and her home. The narration is supported by imagery that, woven together, creates a rich, densely layered reflective collage. YIN YIN/JADE LOVE captures a portrait of the filmmaker's Yin Yin (grandmother) and convey insight into the experience of loss, discovery and regret.
35mm, 28 min., color, Documentary

 

 

 

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