QTAPI Movie Night: Xiaodi

Join Crane House's newest group, QTAPI (Queer Trans Asian American Pacific Islander), for our second movie event. Come for food and drinks at Noble Funk at 6pm and at 7pm we will watch the movie "Xioadi" by filmmakers Chen Junmi and Gao Guo. 

Movie Description: This documentary shines a spotlight on the experiences and conditions of transgender groups in China, featuring the 17-year-old transgender girl Xiaodi and her story of escaping from violent conversion therapy at a military school. The story of Xiaodi, as recent as 2018, reflects some of the multi-faceted, conflicting realities that exist in contemporary China and prompts us to think about how to narrow the divide between different values and ideologies. How do we form solidarity with stigmatized and disciplined groups?   

Director‘s Statement: We tried our best to turn the abstract so-called “conversion therapy” into a unique experience through film, which makes people feel the insult to personality and the destruction of dignity. At the same time, we reviewed Xiaodi's personal growth history and family memories to help the audience understand the experience and growth process of a transgender person.