AUTUMN GEM explores the extraordinary life of the Chinese revolutionary heroine and women's rights activist Qiu Jin (1875 - 1907). During the reign of the last dynasty in China, Qiu Jin boldly challenged traditional gender roles and demanded equal rights and opportunities for women. At a time when women's lives were often marked by repressive practices such as footbinding, arranged marriages, and denial of education, she envisioned a future where women would free themselves from the confines of tradition and emerge as strong and active citizens of a new and modern nation.
Writer/Director Rae Chang will be joined by her colleague Adam Tow, Amy Dooling, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Connecticut College, and Ann Lau, Chair of the Visual Artists Guild in Los Angeles, for a Q&A after the screening.
*NOTE: If you'd like to attend the screening of AUTUMN GEM about China's first feminist in the late 1800s with a Q&A with the filmmakers, we have arranged a further discount for $10. www.nywift.org, click Visual Artists Guild, enter code: autgem **
Tribeca Film Center is reachable by the 1 train at Franklin Street. Exit the subway station using the Franklin Street exit. Walk two blocks west to Greenwich Street and make a right turn. We are located in the middle of the block on the right hand side.