World Premiere
This experimental opera reenacts the lesser known history of Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong, and his lover Magnus Hirschfeld, a much older German sexologist and gay rights pioneer during Nazi Germany.
Supported by
Community Partner
Kong Kie Njo, Spencer Britten, Jera Wolfe
Canada
2023
English
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Credits
Producer
Em Barton
Screenwriter
John Greyson
Cinematography
Lulu Wei
Original Music
Njo Kong King
Editor
Nick White
Director
John Greyson
John Greyson (writer/director) is a Toronto filmmaker whose features, shorts and new media works include Lilies, Zero Patience, Fig Trees, and International Dawn Chorus Day. A pioneer of the new Queer Cinema, his films have won 4 Berlin Teddies, 5 Canadian Screen Awards, and 50+ best film prizes at festivals internationally, including TIFF, Frameline, Inside Out, Locarno, Berlin, and Torino.
Filmography: Door Prize (2023); Death Mask (2023); Photo Booth (2022); Mariposa (2022)
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