Hidden Letters | UK Premiere
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 Published On Apr 9, 2024

Historically in China women were forced into oppressive marriages and forbidden to read or write by their households for thousands of years. To cope, they developed and shared a secret language among themselves called #Nushu. Written in poems or songs with bamboo pens on paper-folded fans and handkerchiefs, these ‘hidden letters’ bonded generations of Chinese women in a clandestine support system of sisterhood, hope and survival. This documentary explores the origin of the. #Nushu language and the brave women that created it.

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