Empress Ishida watches her son renounce his throne in DARK MATTER Episode 2.12
Mung-Ling Tsui (Empress Ishida in “Sometimes in Life You Don’t Get To Choose“) will be Nai Nai (Tia’s grandmother) in THE SWAN (aka “Dancing In The Shadow of Mao”), a film adaptation of Agnes Bristow’s biography of Tia (Tiejun) Zhang, a young ballerina who grew up in Maoist China. The book follows Tia as she gains acceptance at China’s first professional ballet school and goes on to become one of the country’s leading experts in traditional Chinese dance. Then her life of privilege is interrupted by the Cultural Revolution. Tia is played by Kristina Tonteri-Young (who will be Sister Beatrice in Simon Barry’s WARRIOR NUN), and Russell Yuen appears as Tia’s father. Directed by Lief Bristow from a screenplay by Agnes Bristow, THE SWAN will be released in Canada on 1 December. Continue reading →
