China bans feminist film on domestic violence

China film about woman whose killing of husband framed as result of domestic violence banned

A feminist film which won an award at an international film festival last year has been ordered to withdraw its coming release for violating the law in China. The film Her Heart Beats in Its Cage was scheduled to be screened in mainland cinemas on May 30. But on May 21, Shanghai Film Bureau announced the release should be stopped because the film had breached the law when applying for its production and for its public release. The authority said it had recently launched an investigation after...

By Alice Yan