Shot on location in remote villages of Hong Kong, this video presents the dilemma of a boundfoot woman in 1914 China who must decide if she will bind her daughter's feet.

• Sewing woman (1982, 14 min., 4:3, b&w, mono.; AKA Che yi mu)
• Living music for golden mountains (original version, 1981, 27 min.; director's cut: 2010, 18 min.)
• Lotus (1987, 27 min.; 4:3 letterboxed widescreen, stereo.).

Sewing woman: This program tells the story of one woman's determination to leave war-torn China for a new life in America. The film is based on a collection of oral histories and the life of Zem Ping Dong, an immigrant who worked in America's garment factories for over 30 years.
Living music for golden mountains: A portrait of a folk musician from southern China, Leo Lew, telling about his immigration to America and his commitment to teaching the traditions of Cantonese music to generations of Chinese-Americans.
Lotus: Shot on location in remote villages of Hong Kong, this fictionalized story presents the dilemma of a woman with bound feet in 1914 China who must decide if she will bind her daughter's feet.

Presents the story of Tom Joslin and Mark Massi, a gay couple who both have AIDS. Documents their life together and the process of living with AIDS.

For more than thirty centuries, women in China were maimed and crippled in the name of beauty and obedience. The custom was called “footbinding, ” and the fight against it triggered one of the biggest, most overlooked struggle for human rights in history. Lotus is a half-hour narrative film set in this turmoil. The place is rural 1914 China and the film focuses on Lotus, a traditional woman with bound feet who must decide whether or not to bind her daughter Joy’s feet. Her strict, but loving Mother-in-law insists that Joy’s feet be bound in order to guarantee her a secure future. Lotus, for the first time in her life does not blindly obey. She is further influenced by her good friend, Coral, a colorful performer with a traveling Cantonese opera troupe who openly challenges the outlawed custom. In the end, Lotus makes a decision which will change her daughter’s life forever. Starring as the beautiful Lotus, and also composing the soundtrack is Private Music recording artist, Lucia Hwong. Hwong appeared in and scored the Tony-Award winning Broadway production of M. Butterfly. Playing the role of Mother-in-law is veteran actress, Lisa Lu, real-life mother of Hwong. Lu is the winner of three Chinese Oscars and starred in Joy Luck Club as one of three mothers and played the Empress Dowager in the The Last Emperor. Lotus was shot in vivid 35mm film on location in the remote village of Luk Keng, a mile under the China border in Hong Kong. Directing this independent production was Peabody Award winner and Oscar nominated filmmaker, Arthur Dong. The American Film Institute funded film was produced by Dong and Rebecca Soladay who also wrote the screenplay.

DVD Features Include: Never-Before-Seen Epilogue Footage by Elaine Mayes and Filmmaker Interviews by Parvez Sharma - Filmmaker Biographies and Statement - Awards and Critical Acclaim for Silverlake Life - Resource Guide to AIDS Organizations - Interactive Menus - Scene Selection.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)