The Scene of the Scene

22. Leftover Women.


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We saw Leftover Women (Hilla

Medalia & Shosh Shlam, 2019), a documentary now playing at the Hot Docs
Festival. This movie follows several women in China
who are facing pressures—from family, from friends, from society, and from the
government—because now that they are in their late 20s and early 30s, they are
in danger of being considered “too old” to be married.

Chris,

Lochin, and
Kirsty explore their
reactions to the movie after the screening. How does it compare to the
pressures we’re more familiar with for young women to get married? How did it
get such intimate shots? Is anything getting lost in translation?

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