Birds of Prey, many fans were quick to look up her feature film debut,
Dead Pigs. The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, where it won a Special Award Prize for Ensemble Acting. Now, 3 years after its critically acclaimed debut,
Dead Pigs is finally streaming for American audiences on MUBI starting on February 12.
While many successful indie directors (Colin Trevorrow, Josh Trank) are given the reins to massive franchises (
Jurassic World,
Fantastic Four, respectively), female directors are rarely rewarded with such a giant platform. Yan’s hiring made her the first Asian woman to direct a studio superhero film and only the second female director ever to direct a superhero film. But upon watching