The Other Half

Playfully pitting youth culture against tradition, Ying interrelates the reality of a young professional woman (the “other half”) with the changing economic and social structures of contemporary China. Xiaofen lives in one of southwestern China's rapidly growing cities, but her work interviewing clients and documenting cases for a law firm is unexciting. When not at work, she must deal with her down-and-out boyfriend. Life is also hard for her girlfriends and her mother, and Xiaofen is increasingly distressed by rumors of a disaster at the local chemical plant. A brutally frank and sometimes hilarious portrait of the social and environmental problems plaguing contemporary China, The Other Half is "One hell of a beautiful film... Endlessly haunting...with serene, even joyous consciousness that is the opposite of despair."—Variety. "A fierce and harrowing cry of political rage."—The New Yorker.

Free for members or with Museum admission. Film only: $8 general, $7 students and seniors.

Bruce Gilley, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Portland State University, will introduce the film and facilitate a post-film discussion.

Whitsell Auditorium