In this special edit of Australian filmmaker Kate Lefoe’s multiple award-winning documentary, we are introduced to the marriage markets held in Shanghai’s People’s Square, where parents arrange dates for their children based on information such as hometown, height, and career. While these marriages are not enforced, hopeful parents aim to find a suitable partner for their offspring.
Lefoe’s story unpacks the strong cultural expectations of finding an ideal marriage, though many of the parents feel it is too sensitive and private a matter to address on film. And yet, these dating markets express how—in modern China—love is not simply a matter of the heart.
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