Women have traditionally been shown as subdued beings in Chinese culture. Even in modern times, this remains true for many societies across Asia. Yet, the spread of Peking opera in Taiwan is breaking this mold. Guoguang Theatre Company has deliberately been valuing female roles both on stage and off. Though they are not the first to use a female actor for a female role, this can be seen as a revolutionary act when seen through the eyes of Yu-lin Huang. In ‘A Taiwanese Dan,’ we hear from Huang, who is a renowned Taiwanese Peking opera actress. She entertains with the basics of playing a dan role (a.k.a. female roles in Peking opera). Huang also demonstrates her rendition of an iconic Peking opera character—one that is reflective instead of emotive, strong-willed but tender, ultimately conveying the importance for females like her to play a female character. It might seem natural for Taiwan to be a ground for such change in Peking opera. Especially given that Taiwan is the first nation in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, as well as its recent #metoo movement. But when considering that this art form is 200 years-old, the evolution of a so-called Taiwanese dan role is all the more impressive.

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Angela was once a talented writer and singer destined for success, but her dreams were replaced by her struggles as a single parent. She must face her past in order to find her future. Stars Cynthia Kaye McWilliams & Omar Gooding.

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An inventory of lost memories and places, the sun bleached landscape of Saskatchewan serves as a metaphor for displacement, a framing of emptiness and absence. Traveling to forgotten towns and channeled through old family photographs the camera catalogs the haunting remnants of the past, frail monuments and communities laid bare, broken under economic collapse. Under the weight of the prairie skies a visceral, personal encounter is revealed in the solace of open space.

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.

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Four Swiss pensioners spend their retirement in Bali for economic reasons. In their luggage they carry memories and unresolved conflicts that have little to do with their new surroundings. And when one of them runs out of money even in cheap exile and the other, who draws a fat pension, faces death, they decide on a bold plan: to exchange their lives.