Still Tomorrow
Season 31 Episode 10 | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
A rural poet becomes a sudden star in China, whose writings ponder life, love and pain.
A village woman, despite not having finished her high school education, has become China’s most famous poet. Her book of poetry has become the best-selling poetry book in China for the past 20 years. Still Tomorrow follows the poet, Yu Xihua, a 39-year-old woman living with cerebral palsy, and her sudden fame, poignantly weaving her personal narrative with that of an ascendant, urbanizing China.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Still Tomorrow
Season 31 Episode 10 | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
A village woman, despite not having finished her high school education, has become China’s most famous poet. Her book of poetry has become the best-selling poetry book in China for the past 20 years. Still Tomorrow follows the poet, Yu Xihua, a 39-year-old woman living with cerebral palsy, and her sudden fame, poignantly weaving her personal narrative with that of an ascendant, urbanizing China.
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Clip: S31 Ep10 | 51s | During a speaking engagement, Yu is asked about how she overcomes her disability. (51s)
Clip: S31 Ep10 | 1m 19s | We find out that Yu’s marriage was arranged by her parents, against her will. (1m 19s)
Preview: S31 Ep10 | 1m 31s | A rural poet becomes a sudden star in China, whose writings ponder life, love and pain. (1m 31s)
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Clip: S31 Ep10 | 3m 1s | Yu walks around the farm that has inspired some of her poetry. (3m 1s)
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