Shanghai Follies
1932: The Great Depression. The dying days of vaudeville. Fascism is on the rise.
The LONG TACK SAM TROUP, fabulous travelling Chinese Circus headliners, famous for their East-meets- West blend of acrobatics, comedy and magic, have been reduced to opening acts for movies.
SHANGHAI FOLLIES tells the story of a young woman who wants her independence but is tormented by sibling rivalry, conflicted by family loyalty, and has to surmount the societal obstacle of being a mixed-race showgirl in the middle of the Great Depression.
A Sleepy Dog Films / AMF Productions ANIMATED FEATURE.
Ann Marie Fleming is a writer, director, producer, animator, whose award-winning work in animation, live-action drama and documentary short and feature formats often deals with themes of family, history, and memory.