Xiao-Fen Min's Metta
Detroit Film TheaterDetroit
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Apple, Outlook or another app downloads a small .ics file to open Google CalendarComposer/musician Min Xiao-Fen has composed two soundtracks for 1920s Chinese silent comedy films Romance of the Fruit Peddler (1922) and Romance of the Western Chamber (1927), commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution and premiered in 2023. The films are accompanied by Min and master Middle Eastern percussionist River Guerguerian. The music has been released as Matta and has been previously performed at the Big Ears and Leaf Festivals.
The film
Romance of the Western Chamber (1927)
dir. Hou Yao · 59m
Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. Unable to marry due to their social status, this changes when a bandit attacks the monastery they are staying at demanding the woman's hand. Desperate, her mother promises her hand to whomever manages to defeat the bandit.
Nearest stop: John R & Frederick, 56 m away.
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