Siyan Liu

Siyan Liu is a Chinese filmmaker based in New York City who received her MFA in Social Documentary Film from School of Visual Arts in 2015. Liu has been a screenwriter for fiction films, and worked two years as an assistant director for the Documentary Channel of China Central Television (CCTV-9). Her feature documentary film JOLIN: The Evolution of My Life has premiered at film festivals including the 40th Montreal World Film Festival, the 39th Asian American International Film Festival, and the 3rd DC Chinese Film Festival. She is currently preparing for her first narrative feature about postpartum depression.

Factory Girls: China’s Female Migrant Workers

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Filmmaker Siyan Liu discusses her current documentary project, FACTORY GIRLS, on China’s female migrant workforce. In 2014, Siyan and her production team traveled to Dongguan, China, a major manufacturing hub and home to 1.7 million female factory workers, to conduct research into the lives of these workers, their struggles and motivations. FACTORY GIRLS challenges our … Read more