Bad Women of China + Q&A by Queer East

Bad Women of China + Q&A Date & Time: Saturday 17 February, 13:30 Location: Museum of the Home

Dir He Xiaopei / China / 2023 / 82min

Filmmaker and activist He Xiaopei’s first feature-length documentary  commences with an attempt at reconciliation with her mother, before  taking the audience on a journey from the 1920s through to the 2020s.  With a raw, DIY aesthetic, the film brings to life the experiences of  three generations of Chinese women – He’s mother, herself, and her  daughter – as they come to terms with political and social change.  Combining interview, video essay, and home movie formats, 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.

Followed by an online Q&A with the director He Xiaopei, hosted by  Kiki Tianqi Yu, Senior Lecturer in Film at Queen Mary University of  London Presented in collaboration with Dancing with Water: Women’s Cinema from Contemporary China

🎟Ticket: https://www.museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/events/bad-women-of-china-by-he-xiaopei-we-were-always-here-documentary-screenings/

⭐️Event Organiser: Queer East @queereast

💡Price: £3-12

🗓Date: Sat 17 February 2024