《上海男孩》
2002年 60mins 纪录片
导演：陈苗
剧情简介：
COCO，一个属蛇的男同性恋者，一个出没于上海歌厅酒吧具有一定知名度的爵士歌手，本片的主角。他穿梭于灯红酒绿的世界里，孤独、落寞、放纵、欢欣，还有人之为人的一切东西，构成他的生活。属蛇的男孩，蛇一般地在他的圈子里妖娆滑过。
有人说，COCO的演唱带着梦臆的力量，把上海揉进夜色里，也有人说，他的歌根本称不上爵士，只是哗众取宠。但这些都无关紧要，片子对他的音乐和同性恋角色进行了客观平和的叙说，然后，创作者将目光聚汇在他作为一个普通人这样的身份定位上。他的音乐有人喜欢有人不喜欢，他是个同性恋者有人认可有人不认可，但是，创作者在告诉我们，COCO就是这么个人，对亲情、友情和爱情都只是从一个生命个体出发而延伸出来的。
你看，他说自己是个天生的同性恋者，但他也花了很长的时间才能坦然承认这一点。他有坚强的一面，更有脆弱的一面。
Snake Boy (Shanghai)
2002 60mins documentary
Director: Michelle Chen
Synopsis:
Coco Zhao, 24, jazz singer, has come out to the world. His world is Shanghai, former city of sin, these days a more conservative home for gays. But he has yet to tell his mother, a traditional Chinese opera teacher in the distant province of Hunan.
Coco was born in 1977 in Hunan Province. His parents were both local opera teachers and Coco was brought up to respect the opera traditions of the area. At the age of 10, Coco went to study folk songs at the Middle School of Wu Hai Music Conservatory. While he was there, he had his first homosexual experience with a man much older than him. In 1993, Coco came to Shanghai to study music composition at the Shanghai Music Conservatory. To make ends meet, Coco took a job as a singer in local nightclubs. He got chances to meet with several openly foreign homosexuals and he absorbed from them a lot of ideas of how to singing and to live. Coco’s life has been full of ups and downs, including a friendship with Kika, and underground novelist, a love affair with Jelmer, a Dutch dancer, and a failed suicide attempt. In the years since, he has gone from strength to strength. He is now a successful jazz singer with a lot of fans. He sings in many bars and nightclubs across town. He is about to record an album. And he’s not afraid of his sexuality anymore. There’s just one more hurdle. He has to tell his mother.
导演简介：
陈苗, 女，1969年出生，上海人。1987年考入北京电影学院导演系，开始了电影历程。1992年又进入美国俄亥俄大学电影系攻读硕士研究生。从俄亥俄大学毕业后，她在美国好莱坞Fox World Wide公司先后担任制作经理和联合制片等职。1998年她从美国回到上海。国外的历练为她的作品提供了一种国际视角和广度。几年来, 她作为制片人和导演制作了一系列文艺类纪录片,《夜上海》、《我属蛇》、《上海恰恰》被称为上海三部曲，先后在凤凰卫视,、中央电视台、上海电视台播出,并入围了多个国际电影节，如温哥华国际电影节、阿姆斯特丹国际纪录片电影节、国际教科文组织纪录片论坛等。
Director biography:
Born in Shanghai in1969, Michelle Chen entered Beijing Film Academy in 1987 and started her career on cinema. In 1992 she went to Ohio University to study cinema. After graduated, she worked for Fox World Wide company as production manager and co-producer. In 1998 She returned to her hometown to see the results of the city’s renewal. She is familiar with the local mentality, while she also has an international perspective to bring to bear on their situations. She made a series of documentaries which were the Trilogy of Shanghai: <Shanghai Night>, <Snake boy>, <Shanghai qiaqia>. Her films were selected by several international film festivals, as Vancouver film festival, IDFA etc.