Screening of "Tigerwomen Grow Wings"

The Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. is pleased to sponsor a special screening of "Tigerwomen Grow Wings" at the Goethe-Institut in London on 2nd December (Friday) 2005.

"Tigerwomen Grow Wings", a documentary film by German director Monika Treut. The film depicts the coming of age of a new, democratic Taiwanese society through tracing the life experiences of the opera singer Hsieh Yueh Hsia, the writer Li Ang, and the young film director Chen Yin-jung -- three women of three different generations in Taiwan. The film explores issues of gender, politics, religion and identity in Taiwan's rapidly changing society through the lens of the New German Cinema movement.

The event is being organised by the Goethe-Institut in London in collaboration with Dr Mark Harrison, Westminster University.

Date: Friday 2 December 2005

Time:

7:00 pm
Taiwan Representative Dr Edgar Lin speaks
Screening
Q & A with Director Monika Treut

9:00 pm Reception

Venue: Goethe-Institut London, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PH

Film information: Germany-Taiwan, 2005, digital, colour, 83min, language Chinese with English subtitles. Written, directed and produced by Monika Treut. With Hsieh Yueh Hsia, Li Ang, Chen Yin-jung.

Tickets: £3

Box office: 020-7596 4000

Please see http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/en938822.htm for further information.

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