UNCHAINA: Chinese Feminist Activists in London

Join us this International Women’s Day for a transnational feminist gathering!

This exhibition highlights how our generation of grassroots Chinese feminist activists in London and beyond have been learning, exploring, and practising feminist activism across borders.

From personal awakening to collective mobilisation, from online advocacy to street protests, from being confined by nationalist narratives to seeking liberation in daily life, we have found each other, organised, and fought back in a foreign land. Through our activism, we encounter multiple voices within feminist struggles while navigating external challenges and transnational solidarity.

The exhibition features materials from over 20 feminist actions in recent years, including hand-painted protest posters, banners, artistic works, and on-site audiovisual records of street activism. These materials are not only testaments of resistance but also document how actions take shape, how connections are built, and how feminist struggles continue to grow and expand.

This is not only a collective archive of resistance, persistence, and hope—it is also a space for reflection, resistance, and solidarity. Here, we transcend borders, standing shoulder to shoulder with feminists around the world, envisioning a freer, more diverse, and more possible future.

In addition to this, we will have special events for visitors every day:

Event Highlights | 亮点活动

Thursday 6th March 3月6日（周四）

• 15:00-16:30 – 展览开幕 & 导览讲解｜Exhibition Opening & Guided Talk (免费,无需注册｜Free, no registration required）

Friday 7th March 3月7日（周五）

• 12:00 - 13:00   纪录片放映：《向历史要答案》 ｜ Screening: Answer（免费，需注册 | Free, registration required)

• 14:00-15:00     纪录片放映：《向历史要答案》 ｜ Screening: Answer （免费，需注册 | Free, registration required)

• 19:00-21:00     纪录片放映：《中华坏女人》导演：何小培 ｜ Screening: Bad Women of China (Dir. He Xiaopei) （需单独购票｜Ticket Required )

Saturday 8th March 3月8日（周六）

• 12:00-13:30  纪录片放映+映后谈：《向历史要答案》| Screening & Q&A: Answer （免费，需注册 | Free, registration required)

• 14:00-17:00  国际妇女节游行海报工作坊 | Poster Workshop for International Women’s Day March （免费，需注册 | Free, registration required)

• 17:30 Onwards-Join the International Women's Day Strike at Trafalgar Square

  • 工作坊结束后，我们将带领大家前往特拉法加广场，加入国际妇女节罢工游行，与全球女权主义者一起走上街头，发出我们的声音。After the workshop, we will lead the group to Trafalgar Square to join the International Women's Day Strike March and take to the streets with global feminists to make our voices heard!

放映影片介绍Screening Introduction:

         《向历史要答案》 Answer

         制作团队 Production Team | 中国女权影像纪实  时长Length | 38min    字幕 Subtitle | 中英 Mandarin/English

• 《向历史要答案》记录了中国 #MeToo运动中的一场关键案件——弦子诉朱军性骚扰损害责任纠纷案。2020年至2022年间，这起案件经过三次开庭审理，期间中国社会和中国#Metoo运动也发生许多变化。该案的每次庭审，支持者都聚集在法院外为弦子声援，共同经历欢笑、泪水与政治性觉醒。影片呈现了这起#MeToo个案在法庭内外的挫败与胜利。

  Answer records a pivotal case in China’s #MeToo movement—Zhou Xiaoxuan’s (known as Xianzi) sexual harassment lawsuit against Zhu Jun. Between 2020 and 2022, the case underwent three court hearings, during which both Chinese society and the #MeToo movement saw significant shifts. Each hearing brought together supporters outside the courthouse who stood by Xianzi, sharing moments of laughter, tears, and political awakening. The film captures the setbacks and triumphs of this case, both inside and outside the courtroom.

   

  《中华坏女人》 Bad Woman of China  

  导演Director | 何小培 He Xiaopei  时长Length | 82 mins  字幕 Subtitle | 中英 Mandarin/English

• 本片记录中国一家三代女性，自上个世纪20年代起至今跨时代、跨洲际的生活经历及欲望。记录女性的性与欲望是导演的创作意图。由于女性的声音、经历、欲望经常被主流媒体所遮蔽、忽略；女性往往也不自觉的轻视自身的欲望、理想、生活经历，而影像创作正是可以帮助女性表达自己的欲望，珍视个人的需求和经验。通过记录女性以及其他被忽视的人群，如性工作者、残障人士、性受歧视者，艾滋病毒感染者的生活故事、欲望需求，导演希望被压迫的欲望得以表达。

  Documenting women’s sexuality and desire is Director He Xiaopei's creative intention. Women’s voices, experiences, and desires are often obscured and ignored by the mainstream media, and women themselves often unconsciously belittle their desires, ideals, and life experiences. It is precisely visual creation that can help women express their desires and cherish their personal needs and experiences. By documenting the stories, desires, and needs of women and other marginalized groups such as sex workers, people with disability, sexually discriminated persons, and people with HIV, the director’s desire is to express what is repressed.

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