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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)

Documentary
Release Date: 1998, June 4
Directors: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Countries: United Kingdom, Hong Kong
Production: BFI, Kwan's Creation Workshop
Cast: Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Tony Rayns

Overview:

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema. Utilizing both film excerpts and interviews with many leading directors and academics, the film examines topics such as male bonding in kung fu movies, depictions of same-sex bonding and physical intimacy, the emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas, and the career of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.

Keywords:

male homosexuality sexuality gender roles chinese cinema