Focus on Gender: Queer Film Screenings + Q&A

Jeff Roy

Rites of Passage《人生大事》

Inoue Kana

I Don’t Care《那又怎样?!》

Shoji Kubota漥田将治

The Little Girl in Me《藏在我身体里的少女》

The Beijing American Center cordially invites you to attend the screenings of 3 films:  “Rites of Passage,” “I Don’t Care,” “The Little Girl in Me,” and Q&A with Japanese director Inoue Kana and film curator Hibino Makoto.

Thursday, June 20, 2013, 18:30 – 21:40

 RSVP to gaoj@state.gov

LOCATION: Beijing American Center, JingGuang Center, Suite 2801, Hu Jia Lou, Chaoyang District.

METRO STOP: Line 10, Hu Jia Lou Exit D, walk south one block to the JingGuang Center

* Our programs are free and open to the public.  Please feel free to share this invitation with your friends.  If you are interested in attending this event please RSVP to gaoj@state.gov

*Remember to bring a valid photo ID in order to get into our center. No large bags or electronics will be allowed into the Beijing American Center.

*The event will be conducted in English with Chinese interpretation.

* All press interviews must be approved in advance of the event.

* The BAC staff reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone.

Screening Schedule

18:30-18:50       Rites of Passage （19 mins ）

18:50 – 19:00     I Don’t Care  (10 mins)

19:00-19:30       Q&A with director Inoue Kana

19:30- 21:10       The Little Girl in Me (100 mins)

21:10 – 21:40     Q&A with film curator Hibino Makoto

Rites of Passage

 19 mins, 2011, Documentary, USA; Director：Jeff Roy; Dialogue: English; Subtitles: Chinese

This engaging biopic traces the journey of Maya Jafer, who travels from Chennai, India to Bangkok in order to have the operation that will allow her to live life as she has always felt she is: a woman.

I don’t care

10 mins, 2012, Narrative, Japan; Director：Inoue Kana; Dialogue: Japanese; Subtitles： CN+EN

An intersex love story.

The Little Girl in Me

100 mins, 2012, Narrative, Japan; Director：Shoji Kubota; Dialogue: Japanese; Subtitles：  CN+EN

An honest coming-of-age film about cross-dressing, in which a reclusive young man learns of the existence of “Josoko” (men who wear women’s clothing) and begins to reconnect with society. Written and directed by Kubota Shoji, it was his third movie in consecutive years to be officially selected by the Montreal World Film Festival.
Kensuke (Kawano Naoki) joins a company straight out of university but quits after only half a year, and his pessimistic view of life leads him to hole up in his bedroom. His family indulge him and he spends his time doing very little, but his curiosity is aroused one day when he discovers a website for cross-dressing men.