| II. Struggles B ( Totally 50 min 30 sec ): |
| Enter the Mullet│The Girls That Way│Oneself│Tampon Manual│My Hair Under 15cm |
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Queer people each experience a different degree of bodily and psychological injury when they confront the historically and culturally formed stereotypes about gender and sexual orientation society gives them. They struggle to find their own safety zone in the family, school, workplace and society at large. |
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【Struggles B 】Films' Introduction：
Enter the Mullet (top)
Donna LEE∣2003∣ Canada∣Documentary, Experimental∣Color∣5min 30sec∣English dialogues∣Chinese subtitles
Conflict resolution with a kick. Class meets race meet queerness on a good hair day.
The Girls That Way (top)
Shadow ZHANG and Jude TIAN∣2005∣China∣Documentary∣Color∣30min∣Mandarin dialogues∣Chinese subtitles
This is a story about girls who pursue [a] little warmness [warmth] and happiness in their lives with sincerest passion. Fragments of life that are smiling, weeping, naughty, quiet and dolorous are distilled to [into] a cup of rich and heavy emotions, which indeed happened somewhere in time, though slowly fade.
The film is about the "family" story of a lesbian. A few lesbians met on the internet and built a family together in their real lives. By narrating journeys of self-identification and love, these girls redefine who their family are and open up a new realm by [through] their own strengths.
Oneself (top)
Cam CHENG and Ktour NG∣2004∣Hong Kong∣Fiction∣Color∣16min∣Cantonese dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles
The world is dull until I met you.
I like you because I want to be you.
Stay away from you because I can't face you.
In order to escape from the trap, I need to face the fact that I am trapped.
Tampon Manual (top)
Saeron SEONG∣2001∣South Korea∣Experimental∣Color∣14min∣Korean dialogues∣Chinese subtitles
This film starts with the idea, why should tampons be used solely for hygienic purposes? It is a jovial fantasy about the sexual desire of women (lesbian in particular) and it delightfully challenges stereotypes. This film is like a manual for a product called Tampon Comma and it explains the three functions of the product; hygiene, masturbation and tool for lesbian sex.
My Hair Under 15 cm (top)
Queer n' Class∣2005∣Taiwan∣Documentary∣Color∣20min∣Mandarin dialogues∣Chinese & subtitles
In Taiwan, after the lifting of martial law and high school hair restriction, a high school sets a new law to restrict their T (butch) students. Different from previous worries about students being too "beautiful" and feminine, the new law forbids students from cutting hair shorter than 15cm. In this film, three adult T (butch) talk tirelessly about how important and difficult it is to have a smart hairstyle. The hairstyle concerns less beauty value than "self identity".
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