October 16 | Still Tomorrow | Documentary, Biography
Director: Fan Jian
Showtime: 7:00pm | Runtime: 1h 29min
Official site | Film Review | Trailer
How one disabled farmer became China’s star poet – A farmer from rural China with cerebral palsy is not a likely candidate for fame. But when Yu Xiuhua’s poetry went viral online, she was suddenly touted for great success. Brutally visceral, her poetry is born from grappling with disability, a loveless marriage, and her relationship with China’s eroding pastoral interior. This sympathetic doc lays bare the disjunction at the heart of Yu’s life between physical circumstance and inner expression.
