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Featured at We Wonder Noir – March 2022: Chinese Laundry

Exploring the act of listening to stories passed down through families so that we may carry past generations heritage with us, the film retells a story Tala hears from her Chinese family.

 

A still from the film, Chinese Laundry. The dancer is in a laundry surrounded by ironing boards and clothes and is resting her head and arms on one of the ironing boards whilst looking directly at the camera.
A still from the film, Chinese Laundry. The dancer is in profile and is gazing to the left of the image. She is looking thoughtfully as she stands in the middle of woods in the Peak District.
A dancer holds a spray of dried flowers behind her back as she holds out her arm with a delicate bend of her wrist and gazes to the left.
A dancer is wearing a black halter neck jumpsuit and is resting her hand behind her neck with the other in her pocket.
Dancer seated back to back with a musician playing the Iranian ghaychak. Dancer has arms crossed in a balletic movement, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits. The musician wears beige trousers and a cream lace top and has dark, long curly hair worn loose.
Dancer with blonde bob peers through a bunch of dried flowers.
A still from the film, Chinese Laundry - the dancer is situated in front of a full washing machine. She has the hood of her hoody up and is looking cautiously at the camera.
Close up of seated dancer, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits, looking into the distance, sat next to a cellist, with long dark curly hair, worn loose, playing soulfully.
Tala Lee-Turton gazes wistfully to the left of the camera with one arm over her head. She is in a room with dark wooden panels.
A dancer with a blonde bob holding sprays of dried flowers above and behind her head with her eyes closed as if in meditation.
A dancer leans to the side with her left hand up and right hand down to the side and behind. The back ground is red and she is in a black bolero top and leggings over a beige coloured leotard.
An animated dancer wearing a pink wig looks intently at the camera
five dancers motionless, standing ready to dance.
Seated dancer, wearing a cream dress and hair in french plaits, looking to the side at a cellist, with long dark curly hair, worn loose, playing soulfully. They both sit on a wooden box, back to back.

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