Jaipong Dancer
1950s: Yahyu, a young Javanese dancer, runs away from a forced marriage and becomes unwittingly involved in the violent struggle for 1950’s Sumatra’s independence from…
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A Dance with a Dragon
1900s – A fascinating look at the the expat community in Peking between the end of the Ching Dynasty and Mao’s communist revolution
The Foremost Good Fortune
2007 – Imagine travelling to Bejing for your husband’s work and then finding out you have breast cancer? How do you cope with living in…
The Cherry Blossom Murder
2000s: Welcome to the world of the world of the famous Japanese all-female Takarazuka revue.
And the Mountains Echoed
1952: The beautiful story of a poor young boy in Afghanistan who will do anything for his little sister.
