Yimou’s latest & Women in Sana’a
December 17th, 2005 by Andre Soares
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Xinhuanet reports that Zhang Yimou’s latest film has opened domestically (read: in China) on Dec. 17. Qian li zou dan ji / Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, which premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival, tells the story of a Japanese fisherman who travels to China’s Yunnan Province to unveil the secret of a local opera play.
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"You’re going to relegate my history to a month?" Actor Morgan Freeman asks U.S. television interviewer Mike Wallace. "… I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history." Freeman’s interview will be broadcast on the CBS News program 60 Minutes on Sunday, Dec. 18. From the Clarksdale Press Register.
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In a Reuters report, Andrew Hammond talks about the difficulties London-based filmmaker Bader Ben Hirsi encountered while making A Brand New Day in Old Sana’a, a feature film that deals with the role of women in Yemeni society.
Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2005 Golden Globe Award nominations
List of the Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics’ Choice Awards 2005 nominees
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