Tongzhi in Love (2008)

Original title

彼岸浮生

Directed by

Ruby Yang

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rating

3.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the lives of gay men in China. It shows their personal relationships and the everyday experiences they navigate.

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What happens

Tongzhi in Love is a 2008 30-minute documentary film directed by Ruby Yang which portrays the life of gay men in China. The film was produced by Thomas Lennon and features music by Bill Frisell and Brian Keane. The film's world premiere was at the Silverdocs Film Festival in Washington, D.C., on 18 June 2008 and the West Coast premiere at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on 28 June 2008. (Film was previously known as A Double Life and appears under that title in the Frameline catalog.) "Tongzhi" means "comrade" and has become a slang term for "gay" in several Asian countries. This film was shown at many film festivals and garnered several prestigious awards which include the Golden Gate Award for best documentary short the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival and the Silver Award at Mix Brasil Festival of Diversity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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