I.V. THEATER 2, 960 EMBARCADERO DEL NORTE
The Orfalea Center invites you to a film screening of an incredibly powerful and timely documentary, "Bad Women of China" (82 min), directed by Xiaopei He. The film offers a refreshingly irreverent perspective on historical experiences, while wryly documenting the potential of lesbian and polyamorous lifestyles to challenge established ideas of feminine propriety. Through intimate conversations, "Bad Women of China" demonstrates how women are unconsciously led to belittle their own desires, experiences and hopes. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the director.
He Xiaopei is a film director and activist whose films explore invisible desires and lives. Since the 1990s, she has devoted herself to feminist and lesbian movements in China. She completed a PhD in sexuality and cultural studies in the UK and, after graduating, returned to China to set up the NGO Pink Space.