A Yi girl named A Yi Mu carries the hopes of her entire village as she leaves the Daliang Mountains with an ancient piece of embroidery. In Shanghai, she faces hardship at the bottom of society, culture shock, and even the devastating blow of having her designs plagiarized. With nowhere else to turn, she chooses to return to her hometown, organizing the scattered embroiderers into a cooperative and breathing new life into a craft on the verge of being lost.
Drawing on her profound understanding of ethnic culture and her innovative fusion of traditional craft with modern aesthetics, A Yi Mu returns to Shanghai with works shaped by the collective wisdom of her community, eventually reaching the international stage. Faced with the temptation of a sky-high buyout offer, she stays true to her original purpose, putting down roots in her homeland and founding the “Wildgrass Growth Fund” to give back to her hometown.
This is a story about protecting cultural roots, women’s awakening, and rural revitalization. Like wild grass, humble yet resilient lives finally break through the cracks of the times and grow into a canopy of shade.
