AEMS News and Reviews: Summer 2015 (Issue: #57)

Oyler, Elizabeth; Wang, Yimin

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Title

AEMS News and Reviews: Summer 2015 (Issue: #57)

Author(s)

• Oyler, Elizabeth
• Wang, Yimin

Contributor(s)

• Li, Ke
• Alexy, Allison
• Yu, Xiaoqi
• Seeberg, Vilma

Issue Date

2015-06-01

Keyword(s)

AEMS News and Reviews

Date of Ingest

2025-07-31T12:42:57-05:00

Geographic Coverage

• United States
• Hong Kong
• Japan
• China

Abstract

This issue of News and Reviews introduces three films that focus on women whose lives have taken unusual paths, as seen through the lens of their own or the director's transnational perspectives. "Golden Gate Girls" (reviewed by Ke Li) and "Mrs. Judo" (reviewed by Allison Alexy) both trace the lives of remarkable women whose unorthodox career tracks move them between Asia and San Francisco. "Golden Gate Girls" traces the life of Esther Eng, who was born in the US to Chinese immigrant parents and carved a place for herself in the worlds of filmmaking both in the US and Hong Kong. "Mrs. Judo" follows the career of Keiko Fukuda, one of the earliest female practitioners of judo, as she navigates her way toward a career as a teacher and trainer of the martial art, first in Japan and then in the US. In "Spilled Water" (reviewed by Xiaoqi Yu and Vilma Seeberg), director May May—who has been working in the US—returns to China to follow the stories of four "distant sisters" as they navigate the many changes in contemporary society. All three offer intimate and complex portrayals of women's lives and of the societies that both affect them and are affected by them as they find places for themselves.

Publisher

Asian Educational Media Service

Series/Report Name or Number

Issue: #57

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

newsletter

Language

eng

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

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