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Queer China, ‘Comrade’ China
''Queer China, 'Comrade' China'' (), directed by Cui Zi En, Cui Zi’en, is a 2008 Cinema of China#The Sixth Generation and beyond.2C 1990s - present, independent Chinese documentary about homosexuality in China. The film features interviews with prominent academics and activists. Interviewees include the film's director Cui Zi'en, actress and activist Shitou (activist), Shitou, sociologist Li Yinhe and director Zhang Yuan (director), Zhang Yuan. It covers 80 years of evolution of Chinese attitudes on LGBTQ people, ending with the proposed Recognition of same-sex unions in China#Legal proposals, 2003 Same-sex Marriage Bill. Film Content Organization The film consists of 11 "chapters" that discuss aspects and periods of homosexuality in China. Topics discussed include the decriminalization of homosexuality, its removal as a mental illness, the development of queer theory in China, and the appearance of gay people on Chinese television shows. Interviewees In order of appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cui Zi En
Cui Zi'en (), born 1958, in Harbin in the China, People's Republic of China, is a film director, producer, film scholar, screenwriter, novelist and an outspoken LGBT activist based in Beijing. He graduated from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with an Master of Arts, MA in literature and now is an associate professor at the Film Research Institute of the Beijing Film Academy. Cui Zi'en is one of the avant-garde DV makers in Chinese underground film. He has published nine novels in China and Hong Kong, one of which, ''Uncle's Past'', won the 2001 ''Radio Literature Award'' in Germany. In the same year, he founded the Beijing Queer Film Festival, the first LGBT film festival in mainland China. He is also the author of books on criticism and theory, as well as a columnist for magazines. Recognition In 2002, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) presented the Felipa de Souza Award to Cui Zi'en. Cui brought issues of same-sex love into Chinese cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |