China Dolls
Documentary > 1998 > 28 mins > Digital Betacam
China Dolls is a stylish and moving portrayal of gay Asian-Australians and their often difficult journeys to self-acceptance. In the gay scene, the young and beautiful possess the greatest social power, but what is considered desirable is also influenced by race. From Calvin Klein ads to gay erotica, the dominant image is Caucasian. Asian men are either invisible or portrayed as soft and “feminine”. This film probes the uncomfortable reality of racial stereotyping and discrimination in the gay world through interviews with Asian men who talk frankly, and often humorously, of their experiences of living within a “double minority”.
Executive Producer Sharon Connolly, Megan McMurchy
Producer Helen Bowden
Director Tony Ayres
Writer Tony Ayres
Narrator / Presenter Tony Ayres
Awards and Prizes Best Documentary - Washington Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Sales and Distribution Film Australia
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