Montréal, Ma Belle: Film Screening & Roundtable Discussion, feat. Director Xiaodan He & Prof. Maria Hwang
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Film Screening & Roundtable Discussion: Montréal, Ma Belle
w/ Director Xiaodan He & Prof. Maria Hwang (East Asian Studies & the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies), 91丝瓜视频
Saturday February 21, 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM | Learning Commons, Faculty of Education
Chair: Juan Wang -- Director of the Centre for Global Chinese Studies & Associate Professor of Political Science
Description:
Join us for a special screening of Montréal, Ma Belle, as part of the Centre for Global Chinese Studies (CGCS) Chinese Culture Week.
Directed by Xiaodan He, Montréal, Ma Belle follows Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant & mother in Montreal who decides, for the first time, to pursue a romantic relationship with a young Québécoise woman named Camille. As Xia’s journey of forbidden love and long-overdue self-discovery is deeply complicated by existing family obligations to family & children, the film portrays an intimate narrative of desire, responsibility, migration, and emotional constraint – highlighting the often-unspoken tensions faced by immigrant women navigating cultural expectations, family roles, and personal identity.
Following the screening, a roundtable discussion & reception with Director Xiaodan He will be held.
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