Papa Rainbow
Director：Fan Popo
Screenwriter：None
Cast：None
Producer：None
Cinematographer：None
Running Time：80 mins
Region：China
Year：2016
Language：Chinese
Production Company：PFLAG China Queer Comrades China Queer Independent Films Beijing Gender Health Education Institute
SYNOPSIS
In China, most families have difficulties facing their lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT) children. They have to contend with common social beliefs that homosexuality is shameful, abnormal, a perverted condition caused by deviant family relationships. Many parents see their kids as their property, and fathers often assert their authority to ensure that no harm comes to the family reputation.
Director Biography
<p> Fan, Popo: Independent filmmaker, Writer, Activist. Born in 1985, graduated from Beijing Film Academy.Published Happy Together: Complete Record of a Hundred Queer Films (Beifang Wenyi Press, 2007). Third Prize in the LGBT Research Paper Prize, Chi-Heng Foundation; Second Prize in the sina.com’s prize for online video. Participation in directing China Queer Film Festival Tour in over twenty major cities in China since 2008. Documentary works include: Taipei: city of rainbow, New Beijing, New Marriage, Chinese Closet, Paper House, Be a Woman etc. In 2011, he was awarded the Prism Award of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival for his work.</p>
Director's Statement
The documentary "Papa Rainbow" features six Chinese fathers who talk openly and freely about their experiences with their LGBT children. Speaking out against discrimination and stigma, they redefine what it means to protect a household. They fully embrace their kids for who they are, and become pioneer activists fighting for an equal and diverse society.
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