Chicago – In the landscape of life, not many have experienced a journey like Jian Ping. Raised in China, she was a child during the political reign of Chairman Mao Zedong. Eventually ending up in Chicago, she wrote her 2008 memoir “Mulberry Child” about her childhood, which was made into a documentary and directed by Susan Morgan Cooper. The doc is now on Amazon Prime.
The film, along with the book, takes its name from the resilient tree that thrives even in harshest winter conditions, which symbolically defined Jian’s resolve. The story depicts her family’s fight for survival during China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and ‘70s, that destroyed the lives and reputations of millions. Although she found the freedom she sought in the United States, Jian Ping deals with the painful reality of raising her only child as an American who had no interest in connecting to her roots.
The film, along with the book, takes its name from the resilient tree that thrives even in harshest winter conditions, which symbolically defined Jian’s resolve. The story depicts her family’s fight for survival during China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and ‘70s, that destroyed the lives and reputations of millions. Although she found the freedom she sought in the United States, Jian Ping deals with the painful reality of raising her only child as an American who had no interest in connecting to her roots.
- 8/12/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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