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VIOLET DU FENG | DIRECTOR & PRODUCER. Violet Du Feng is a documentary filmmaker and a 2018 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow.
Dec 5, 2022 · The China Project sat down with Shanghai-born, Emmy-winning independent filmmaker Violet Du Feng to discuss her latest documentary, Hidden Letters, which shines a light on how modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a coded, once-secret script emblematic of Chinese female empowerment and sisterhood.
Feb 12, 2023 · On Thursday evening, the Columbia School of Journalism invited award-winning documentarian Violet Feng to show part of her new documentary Hidden Letters and offer her perspective on the issues covered in the film.
Dec 30, 2022 · Violet Du Feng’s Oscar-shortlisted documentary finds modern resonances in a 'secret language' Chinese women used to communicate in more oppressive times.
- Dennis Harvey
Dec 8, 2022 · The director, Violet Du Feng, uses Nushu mostly as a cursory framing device for a broad portrait of gender relations in modern China, structured around the stories of two Nushu practitioners: a...
- Devika Girish
- Violet Du Feng, Qing Zhao
Violet Feng is an Emmy, Peabody and Sundance award-winning filmmaker whose films capture nuanced and provocative stories.
Jun 6, 2022 · Hidden Letters: Directed by Violet Du Feng, Qing Zhao. With Xin Hu, Simu Wu, He Yanxin. The story of two Chinese women trying to balance their lives as independent women in modern China while confronting the traditional identity that defines but also oppresses them.
