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Mon 23 Jun 2025
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From activists to academics, this essential documentary charts three decades of queer life and resistance in mainland China.
Through 20 candid interviews, Queer China, ‘Comrade’ China presents a rare chronicle of LGBTQ+ activism, cultural shifts, and legal reform from 1979 to 2008. It features writers, professors, sexologists, and filmmakers who’ve shaped — and survived — queer visibility in China.
This is one of the earliest and most comprehensive documentaries on LGBTQ+ history in China. Directed by Cui Zi’en 崔子恩, a leading queer activist and scholar, the film offers a crucial foundation for understanding how community, language, and law evolve together under authoritarian rule.
Curated by the Chinese Independent Film Foundation and Beijing Queer Film Festival.
Focus on Queer 中文 Cinema (Thu 19 Jun – Mon 7 Jul 2025)
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