

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Overview
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.
Year 1998
Studio BFI, Kwan's Creation Workshop
Director Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Crew Colin MacCabe (Executive Producer), Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang (Director), Elmond Yeung Chi-Sam (Writer), Christopher Doyle (Director of Photography), Lou Xu (Assistant Editor), Mimi Leung (Assistant Editor)
Popularity 1
Language 广州话 / 廣州話, 普通话, English