Women Filmmakers in Asia See Small Gains Onscreen: ‘There Are More and More Excellent Female Directors and Female Film Crews Every Year’
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A feature of Taiwanese actress Shu Qi’s career has been showcasing strong female roles in movies by helmers such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen and Stephen Chow. For her powerful directorial debut “Girl”, she turns her attention to social issues faced by women, such as abusive husbands, generational trauma and gender discrimination. ‘Girl” […]