Asian American Film Series: We Are Here
What would happen if, back in 1995, three hundred Lala (拉拉, meaning “lesbian” in Chinese) had come to the UN conference hosted in Beijing? How did the “secret correspondence network of LaLa” begin? We Are Here, an indie documentary made by Chinese lesbian activists, interviews the attendees of the United Nations’ “Fourth World Conference on Women” in 1995 in Beijing. Via their candid, hilarious narration, we witness a brief history of the Chinese lesbian movement.
The screening will be followed by a virtual panel discussion with the director Shi Tou, and four Chinese feminist/queer activists based in China, US, and Canada. Join us for a dialogue on Chinese queer communities’ past, today, and future. A Chinese language interpreter will be provided for the post-film discussion. The hosts and moderators are Yuhan Huang and Wenjie Liao, both RIT faculty.
Event Co-Sponsors:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Department of History
Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Diversity Education
Event Snapshot
When and Where
Who
Open to the Public
Interpreter Requested?
No