A Life in Six Chapters

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2021 · 96 min · Documentary

Overview

A Life in Six Chapters is S. Louisa Wei’s latest documentary, devoted to the writer Xiao Jun. It can be seen as part of a series of works beginning with Storm under the Sun on the Hu Feng Affair, and includes documentaries on Wang Shiwei, the cultural critic who became one of the first intellectuals to be purged by Mao in the Yan’an period; and the writer Xiao Hong, who after a six-year common-law marriage to Xiao Jun eloped to Hong Kong, where she died a tragically early death.

Directed by S. Louisa Wei

Cast

• Gregor Benton — Self
• Chen Tushou — Self
• Chen Youchuan — Self