Films 2 Films Country "China" x Keywords "Gender Role and Identity" x Directors "Song, Zhifang" x Series "Song Family Village" x Country of production "China" x films with a digital version 2 short films 2 Region Central Asia and Far East 2 Country China 2 x Keywords Family / Kinship 1 Gender Role and Identity 2 x Marriage 1 Ritual 1 Shamans and Shamanism 1 Social Change 1 Directors Rousso-Schindler, Steven 2 Seaman, Gary 2 Song, Zhifang 2 x Series Song Family Village 2 x Country of production China 2 x United States 2 Year of production 2009 2 Film list The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village 2009 30' Directed by Zhifang Song Gary Seaman Steven Rousso-Schindler . Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a “court”, which expresses a Central Asia and Far East Gender Role and Identity Shamans and Shamanism Ritual Song Family Village Takes a Bride 2009 27' Directed by Zhifang Song Gary Seaman Steven Rousso-Schindler . Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a Central Asia and Far East Marriage Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Social Change