Dirty Laundry

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between a steward and a passenger on a train interweaves with documentary interviews with historians and writers and historical documents brought to life.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.

Director: Richard Fung

Cast: Jo Alcampo, Andy Qua, T.H. Xia

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.