On Friday November 6, the Gibsone Jessop Gallery launches a series of uncensored, unprecedented and visionary contemporary Chinese films in partnership with dGenerate Films in New York.This five film series will begin with The Other Half, -“a fierce and harrowing cry of political rage.” –The New Yorker.

[Synopsis] Working as a secretary for a legal office, Xiaofen records clients detailing the sordid aspects of their lives: divorce cases, medical malpractice suits, financial corruption and old-fashioned personal revenge. Xiaofen starts to question her own relationship with her boyfriend (Deng Gang), fresh out of prison and looking to get into trouble again with his gambling habit. While Xiaofen deals with the overwhelming social malaise surrounding her, rumors spread of a disaster at the local chemical plant, threatening to poison the entire city.

Indie director Ying Liang follows up his celebrated debut Taking Father Home with a brutally frank portrait of the social and environmental problems plaguing contemporary China. “A vivid angle into ordinary life in China” (David Bordwell, Film Art: An Introduction), Ying Liang’s filmmaking examines multiple facets of society with a deceptively direct filmmaking style “that has few parallels in modern cinema.” (Richard Brody, The New Yorker)

The Other Half has been featured in the following film festivals:
Tokyo FilmEx Film Festival
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Singapore International Film Festival
Jeonju International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival

All screenings will take place at the Gibsone Jessop gallery.

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The Other Half
November 6, 2009
Start time: 7:30pm

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Tickets: $10 in advance,
$12 at the door

Limited Seating.