Queer Chinese American & Canadian Voices: Shorts Program and Filmmakers Q&A
A short film program of shorts by queer Chinese American & Canadian filmmakers, including Jess X. Snow’s “Sky” trilogy and Janet Chen Ma’s Asian Bitches Speak, followed by a post-film live, virtual Q&A with the filmmakers.
Included in this program:
Roots That Reach Towards the Sky
Directed by Jess X. Snow
After her mother’s traditional Chinese medicine shop is vandalized, a young botanist draws on the resilience of her local community and the healing remedies of her ancestors to contend with her deepest anxieties.
Drama/LGBTQ+ | Canada/USA | English, Mandarin | 2024 | 15 min
I Wanna Become The Sky
Directed by Jess X. Snow
In a dystopian near-future of Chinese Exclusion, when a young student visits the studio of a charismatic artist to get her first tattoo, she is forced to confront a shared cultural secret that awakens the burgeoning force inside of her.
Drama/Fantasy | Canada/USA | English, Mandarin | 2023 | 12 min
Little Sky
Directed by Jess X. Snow
Drag sensation, Sky, returns to their home town to confront their estranged father about the childhood memories that continue to haunt them.
Drama/LGBTQ+ | Canada | English, Mandarin, and Cantonese | 2021 | 14 min
Asian Bitches Speak
Directed by Janet Chen Ma
After generations of cultural silence, pandemic anxiety, and anti-Asian hate crimes, a queer daughter takes her retired single mother on a mental health discovery road trip to uncover their family history and begin the journey to healing.
Documentary | USA | English, Mandarin Chinese | 2024 | 16 min
Sponsors: RIT College of Liberal Arts, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Central New York Humanities Corridor, The Little Theatre, and Rochester Eastside Potluck Society
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