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The Story of Qiu Ju

  A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated Read More

So Close to Paradise

  Two young farm workers, who like millions of others, leave their village to seek their fortunes in the city. Each chose a vastly different path to make it and Read More

Raise the Red Lantern

  It is China in the 1920’s. After her father’s death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Read More

Not One Less

  13-year-old Wei Minzhi, who can barely read or write herself, is chosen to take over her impoverished village’s one-room schoolhouse when its sole teacher must suddenly leave for one Read More

Happy Times

  Zhao is an aging bachelor who hasn’t been lucky in love. Thinking he has finally met the woman of his dreams, Zhao leads her to believe he is wealthy Read More

The Emperor and the Assassin

  In the 3rd Century BC (pre-unified China), Ying Zheng, heir to the Kingdom of Qin, seeks to dominate the remaining six Chinese kingdoms. Ying sends his concubine Zhao to Read More

Drunken Master

  Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) stars as the mischievous young son of a martial arts school master and is constantly clowning around when he should be learning kung fu. After Read More

An Introduction to Chinese Brush Painting

  This video is intended to give the aspiring artist a flavor of the exciting possibilities offered by Chinese Brush Painting. In Part One, after a stimulating introduction to the Read More

Crows and Sparrows

  The film takes place in Shanghai, and it revolves around a group of tenants struggling to prevent themselves from being thrown out onto the street due to a corrupt Read More

El Cid

  Spain is overrun by the Moors and the country’s only hope rests in a heroic knight known as El Cid (Charlton Heston). He knows a divided Spain cannot stand Read More