Dirty Laundry (1996)

Dirty Laundry

1996

Synopsis

Dirty Laundry speculates upon the buried narratives of gender and sexuality in Chinese-Canadian history of the 19th century, when Chinese communities were almost exclusively male. A story about a chance late-night encounter between a steward and a passenger on a train interweaves with documentary interviews with historians and writers and historical documents brought to life. The tape poses nagging questions about the personal and political stakes in the writing of history and in our interpretations of the past.

Credits

Director

Richard Fung

Cast

Andy Qua

Jo Alcampo

T.H. Xia

Crew

Kwoi Gin (Cinematography)

Dennis Day (Editor)

Miume Jan (Editor)

Sara Diamond (Executive Producer)