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- Program Title: Night Girl AKA
- EASC Code: CW-08
- Series Title: Women Around the World
- Region/Country: China
- Language: Cantonese
- Subtitles: English
- Subject:
- Program Type: Documentary
- Media Type: VHS
- Director: Yingli Ma
- Producer: Women Make Movies Release
- Release Date:
- Running Time: 45 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: NIGHT GIRL presents the poignant story of Han Lin, a 17-year old prematurely made to enter into the workforce as a Go-Go dancer in order to help her family eke out a living in modern-day Peking. Born in the center of the metropolis, on the surface she is an ordinary girl from a traditional Chinese family. On closer inspection Han Li is mature beyond her years and faces an enormous burden of responsibility unfamiliar to most young women in the West. Straddling the fine line between girlhood and adulthood, she is exposed to the lure of economic independence promised by the sex industry and the lack of opportunities for women in the working world. A striking picture of contemporary China, Night Girl also presents the generational and cultural riff that is now causing local traditions, values and male and female roles to clash with on another.
- Data Entry Date: 12/11/06
