The Story of Qiu Ju

A peasant woman seeks justice after the headman of her village has kicked her husband in the groin. A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese society through the verite camera used in most scenes. —Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>