Chinese Characters

Best known for his work in video, Richard Fung has made the politics of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation his central focus. His early Orientations (1984) and Chinese Characters (1986) deal explicitly with gay issues: the former is an ambitious 56-minute study considering racism and cultural self-assertion through art, coupled with stories of individual experiences, while the latter work examines the ambiguous relationship of gay Asian men with white gay porn.