Out of Phoenix Bridge

Out of Phoenix Bridge

1997. China. Directed by Li Hong. For this groundbreaking work, which revealed the conditions of migrant laborers in China, Li Hong spent two years following the lives of four young women from the countryside who share a single-room Beijing hovel while searching for work. Li’s empathetic approach achieves both intimacy and a sense of solidarity with her subjects, while depicting the transformation of women's roles within China's massive migrant worker population. Courtesy of Li Hong. In Mandarin; English subtitles. 120 min.