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Kite /

Kite is the moving portrait of four Chinese women across generations. The three young Chinese women - Patrice, Viola and Yuni - allude to the intersection of mental health and one's experience as a member of the diaspora of Chinese youth. The filmmaker's grandmother, Suqin, speaks about th...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: He, Yumeng (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Chinese
Language Notes:In English and Mandarin with English subtitles.
Published: United States : Privately Published, 2020.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Women > China > Social conditions.
Women > Mental health > China.
Collective memory.
China > Emigration and immigration > History.
Chinese American women > Mental health.
Body image in women.
Femmes > Chine > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Santé mentale > Chine.
Mémoire collective.
Américaines d'origine chinoise > Santé mentale.
Image du corps chez la femme.
Body image in women
Collective memory
Emigration and immigration
Women > Mental health
Women > Social conditions
China
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
History
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Kite is the moving portrait of four Chinese women across generations. The three young Chinese women - Patrice, Viola and Yuni - allude to the intersection of mental health and one's experience as a member of the diaspora of Chinese youth. The filmmaker's grandmother, Suqin, speaks about the Great Chinese Famine sixty years ago and foreshadows the continuation of a collective memory of trauma in a younger generation. The film explores the relationship between time and memory, the shifting definition of health, feminine embodiment, and the question of labels. Kite is an illustration of the weight of time and responsibility, a testament to the never-ending nostalgia and regret, yet it is also a hopeful portrayal of the possibilities of changing and becoming. While witnessing how four Chinese women in different generations have responded to pain, the film also spotlights their resilience when facing overwhelming social and bodily constraints.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed October 28, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (31 minutes)
Playing Time:00:30:48
Awards:Won 2020 Festigious International Film Festival September Award, Best Documentary Short
Nominated 2020 Kosice International Monthly Film Festival September Award, Best Short Documentary