Tongzhi in Love

China/USA / 2008 / Ruby Yang(Director)/Thomas Lennon (Producer) / 30 mins

"Of the three filial offenses, failing to maintain the subsequent generation is the worst."
Confucian teaching

“Frog” Cui and his friends navigate the dilemmas of being gay in modern China, torn between the lures of big city life and the stern demands of Chinese tradition. They revel in cosmopolitan Beijing and the freedoms it affords them. But can they be gay, and still be good sons? Must they honor their duty to their parents by marrying and bearing a child?

The film is directed by Ruby Yang who, with producer Thomas Lennon, won a documentary Oscar in 2006.