Where: Tribeca cinema 1, 54 Varick str. near Canal Str.
When: 4pm, 17.6, 2013
A latest “shirley’s temple” production, 72 mins documentary “Last Golden Lotus – the secret of chinese foot binding”, world premier by NYCIFF (New York City International Film Festival: http://www.nyciff.com/, ).
Red carpet, premier, followed with “Q&A” with director Shirley Yihong Zhao (fresh delivered by air from shanghai:), after party, give away gifts, not enough? surprising party by NYer fans…
Dress code: New York chic or Shanghai elegance
All friends, film fans are warmly welcome to share this special moment with me, together we dive in this beautiful and touching film (please bring your handkerchief for being green:)
Door code: “shirley’s friend” for complimentary access!
A bit about film:
On the footsteps of a cosmopolitan city dweller who takes us from her native modern and thriving Shanghai in search of one of the last great mysteries of her childhood: the fabled “Golden Lotus” – the women with bound feet. Following the red thread of her research journey, we plunge into the distant past of classical China to find the four last surviving “Golden Lotus” – the last testimonials of a quintessential ideal of beauty practiced by over 2 billion women for nearly 1000 years in the Middle Kingdom.
A film from a respectful perspective touching the different facets and tensions between modernity and tradition, erotic and nuptial ideals and the role of women in society. Stemming from a personal quest, it unveils a well-concealed and disappearing cultural phenomenon and it ends with a touching accident…
A profoundly humane and respectful approach to the truth behind one of China’s last great secrets: Lotus feet!
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/48747039
New York City International Film Festival