“Hidden Letters,” About Secret Language For Women In China, Acquired By Cargo Film & Releasing, Trailer Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)

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The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and its European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. It won Best Documentary and Audience Award at the Austin Asian American Film Festival.

Cargo will premiere the film in New York and Los Angeles on December 9.

"Hidden Letters" follows two millennial Chinese women bound by their passion for Nushu, a women's secret language that for centuries allowed women to communicate in private without men understanding their correspondence.

Although practices like foot binding are long gone, the film shines a light on the struggle continues contemporary millennial women forging their own paths in today's patriarchal climate of China, and the value of a sisterhood that can support them along the way. This timely film focuses on how women's communication networks remain an important lifeline in the world today, with Gloria Steinem calling it a "deep and powerful rebellion".

Campaigning, outreach and marketing of the film is supported by the change-making community of Asia and the Pacific Islands, Gold House, which is co-hosting a December 9 screening at Landmark's Quad Cinema in New York City.

The film features original music by Grammy-nominated singer Leona Lewis. "As a female artist, I fell in love with this story. Using art to build global sisterhood and elevate women's voices is so important to me. I loved co-composing some of the beautiful tape original and I hope the story will touch your heart like mine,” Lewis said.

Du Feng's film credits include producing "Dear Mother, I Wanted To Write About Death" , "Singing in the Wilderness," "Confucian Dream," "Maineland," and "Please Remember Me." She is a 2018 Sundance Creative Production Fellow.

Du Feng said, "I knew I wanted to tell a contemporary story, connect Nushu to the state of women's experiences in today's China With the rise of a global pushback for women's rights, my heart is filled with joy as I see how the resistance and wisdom that Nushu once represented is embraced by the audiences around the world."

The documentary is a co-production of Fish + Bear Pictures, Ten Thousand Images, Independent Television Service (ITVS) , and Arte/ZDF, in association with Bird Street Productions, Chicken and Egg Pictures, EST Media and Nika Media. “Hidden Letters” producers include Emmy-nominated Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Peabody Award winner Jean Tsien, and 2015 Women at Sundance Fellow Su Kim.

Check out a trailer for the movie below:

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