Women

A documentary focusing on multiple nurses who served during the Vietnam War.

Pinku distributed by Shintoho.

This film shows the daily routine at a female prison under freezing conditions in Russia. These prisoners are murderers but most were defending themselves. We can see the scars. One woman said "The only thing my husband didn't hit me with was the stove". Tattoos are common as are relationships with other women. As one woman stated "Women understand everything that men cannot understand"

Afros, braids or corn-rows--hairstyles have always carried a social message, and few issues cause as many battles between Black parents and their daughters. To "relax" one's hair into straight tresses or to leave it "natural" inevitably raises questions of conformity and rebellion, pride and identity. Today trend-setting teens proudly reinvent themselves on a daily basis, while career women strive for the right "professional" image, and other women go "natural" as a symbol of comfort in their Blackness. Filmmaker Nadine Valcin meets a range of women as they reveal how their hairstyles relate to their lives and life choices.

Hong Kong adaptation of Lao She's novel RICKSHAW BOY.