Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

5.2 80 mins Documentary 1998

BFI Kwan's Creation Workshop

Director(s): Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

Release Date: 04 Thu, Jun 1998

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.

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