Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

 

(5.4 from 7 users)

1h 20m 1998 HD

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.


Related Movies

  • 1975
    What Will I Be?

    What Will I Be?

    What Will I Be?

    01975HD

    Vancouver s two leading authorities on sexism in the school system, Linfa Shuto and Reua Dexter, relate their opinions on the problem and some...

    What Will I Be?
  • 1981
    She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century

    She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century

    She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century

    01981HD

    This documentary goes back to the turn of the century to show how women shaped the nation’s history.

    She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century
  • 2003
    Bodysong

    Bodysong

    Bodysong

    5.12003HD

    Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.

    Bodysong
  • 2017
    Pas comme eux

    Pas comme eux

    Pas comme eux

    02017HD

    My work explores my relationship to my own sexuality. In this particular piece, I try to come to terms with my body issues stemming from my avid...

    Pas comme eux
  • 2018
    Lovebirds

    Lovebirds

    Lovebirds

    02018HD

    Intimate portrait of four 70-year-old Quebec snowbirds who migrate every winter to Florida in search of sun, warmth and companionship. Behind their...

    Lovebirds
  • 2022
    My Transparent Life

    My Transparent Life

    My Transparent Life

    12022HD

    My Transparent Life chronicles the journey of one trans man, one trans woman and a trans couple as transition from the sex they were born with to the...

    My Transparent Life
  • 2011
    The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?

    The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?

    The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?

    82011HD

    Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in...

    The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?
  • 2013
    Love & Sex in an Age of Pornography

    Love & Sex in an Age of Pornography

    Love & Sex in an Age of Pornography

    02013HD

    Documents the shifts in contemporary mainstream pornography and its influence on the sexual expectations and experiences of Australian young people.

    Love & Sex in an Age of Pornography
  • 2016
    Sticky: A (Self) Love Story

    Sticky: A (Self) Love Story

    Sticky: A (Self) Love Story

    52016HD

    "Sticky" is everything your mother was too embarrassed to tell you about masturbation, in one stimulating documentary. Full of candid interviews from...

    Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
  • 2016
    Mexican Men

    Mexican Men

    Mexican Men

    7.52016HD

    Who’s up for a sensual, seductive trip with some of the hottest Latin men that have ever graced the Silver Screen? ‘Mexican Men’...

    Mexican Men
  • 2003
    Tarnation

    Tarnation

    Tarnation

    6.92003HD

    Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages,...

    Tarnation
  • 2007
    For the Bible Tells Me So

    For the Bible Tells Me So

    For the Bible Tells Me So

    72007HD

    An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the...

    For the Bible Tells Me So