The Goddess

Curator of Film, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution

Tom Vick

Join us here on September 29 at 7 Pm EST! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMxUOXq5420

<p>Join the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMxUOXq5420. </p><p>Chinese film expert Christopher Rea calls The Goddess “the most celebrated Chinese film of the silent era.” Starring the legendary Ruan Lingyu – the most famous silent film actress in China – in one of her most iconic performances as a Shanghai prostitute who will sacrifice everything for her young son. Featuring visually stunning images of night time Shanghai, the film will be presented with a recently recorded  score created exclusively for this event by noted silent film accompanist Donald Sosin, whose work has appeared on countless silent movie DVDs. (Dir.: Wu Yonggang, China, 1934, 85 min., b&amp;w, silent with English intertitles)</p>

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