Meanwhile, Chinese dramas like Legend of the Female General explore wartime heroism, adding fresh emotional stakes to classic themes. There is also a noticeable rise in strong female leads such as ...

The film isn’t your standard popcorn picture — telling the little-known true story of the Agojie, an all-female band of warriors who protected the African kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s.

Chinese women are making ... a comedy-drama that follows a single mother, called Tiemei, and her eccentric new neighbour, Xiaoye, in Shanghai. Together the two women face various ...