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    Hidden Letters

    ZHAO Qing Violet Du FENG 2022 China, Germany, Norway, USA Documentary color 87min DCP
    Women in China were historically forced into oppressive marriages and forbidden to read or write for thousands of years. To cope, they developed a secret language called "Nushu." Written in poems or songs, Nushu bonded generations of Chinese women in a support system of sisterhood and survival. Hidden Letters follows two millennial women who are connected by their fascination with Nushu, depicting their struggle to find balance as they forge their own paths in a patriarchal culture.

    Director

    ZHAO Qing

    ZHAO started her career at Shanghai Media Group in 1991. She is also the director of the award winning Please Remember Me. Since 2018, she has directed and hosted several popular TV documentary programs such as “The Bund” and “Documentary Editing Room.”

    Violet Du FENG

    Born in Shanghai and based in New York, FENG is an Emmy winning independent documentarian and a 2018 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow. She started her career as a co-producer on the critically acclaimed 2007 Sundance Special Jury winner, Peabody and Emmy winner Nanking.

    ZHAO Qing
    Violet Du FENG

    Screenwriter Violet Du FENG, John FARBROTHER Producer Jean TSIEN, Mette Cheng MUNTHE-KAAS, Su KIM Cinematographer FENG Tiebing, Wei GAO Editor John FARBROTHER Music Chad CANNON, Leona LEWIS

    The Film Collaborative
    Jeffrey WINTER
    jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org

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