2008 Films

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Sewing Woman / Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

Thursday, April 3rd, 2:15pm
Duration: 83 min
Venue: Durham Arts Council

  • Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter

    1994. USA. 44 mins. Directed by Deborah Hoffmann. Produced by Deborah Hoffmann. A Women Make Movies release..

    The migration portrayed in this stirring film is from independent living to a nursing home. Filmmaker Deborah Hoffman diligently documents the cruel progression of her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease as well as her own process of coming to terms with the illness. The film offers a loving and fresh take on memory loss and serves as proof that a person without a past can still have definition and remain capable of joy.

  • Sewing Woman

    1982. USA. 14 mins. Directed by Arthur Dong. Produced by DeepFocus Production.

    Based on a series of oral histories and the life story of the filmmaker’s mother, Zem Ping Dong, Sewing Woman paints a bittersweet portrait of early twentieth-century migration. Interweaving rare footage shot in rural villages of China and in factories in San

    Francisco’s Chinatown, treasured home movies, and intimate family photographs, this film manages to feel epic despite its short form.