Women's worlds

A new film by five female directors from BRICS countries, Half the Sky, is released in China just before Mother's Day, Xu Haoyu reports.

New China's founding father, Mao Zedong, said in the 1950s: "Women hold up half the sky." These words have inspired Chinese women to play a greater role in society in the following decades.

In this spirit, the film, Half the Sky, was released in the theaters on Friday, just days before Mother's Day. Jointly created by five female directors from the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - the film spotlights womanhood.