PK皇后
China PK Queen
导演|魏建刚
主演|Jessica (访谈主角)
制片人|魏建刚
摄影|李硕
类型|纪录片
时长|37分钟
完成时间| 2021
对白语言|中文
字幕|中英文
地区|中国
制片公司|同志亦凡人
故事梗概
他每天下午4点多开始化妆,准备就绪在七点半上场演出,他不在剧场或酒吧,而是在家里,在手机前,他就是当下的网络职业变装皇后,他每天通过在线沟表演来获得粉丝的支持,虽然他非常喜欢做一个变装皇后,只是作为一个在线的变装皇后他要PK的不只是能力,还有偏见和歧视,同时面对在中国变装皇后的表演空间的局限,他更期待能更自由在线下在人群面前盛装表演。
导演介绍
魏建刚出生成长在新疆,就读于新疆艺术学院和上海戏剧学院。毕业以后,他来到了北京,在许多深受好评的戏剧和电影中参与演出, 他也曾在一些院校和学府任教戏剧类课程,2000年开始魏建刚对社区工作产生具有巨大的热情,他不断探索各种有意义的途径和相关的方式来参与和推动社会进步,2005年受邀在联合国儿童基金会担任儿童活动顾问。
同时在2005年他开始投身于纪录片制作和其他有利于中国社会进步的艺术创作。 2007年他创立了名为“同志亦凡人”的网络视频,旨在提高LGBT在社会中的能见度,在“同志亦凡人”有他主持并导演了400多部影像视频短片和纪录片,超过5000万人次观看。2010年开始做北京纪安德执行主任,他开创了一系列有影响力的公益项目,其中包括中国LGBT组织论坛,中国爱滋徒步,中国彩虹媒体奖,酷儿大学和性别友善厕等所项目。
2010-现在北京酷儿影展轮值主席/组委
2016年-2017年联合国开发计划署“亚洲同志项目”顾问
2018年法兰西共和国”自由,平等,博爱“人权奖
2016年德国柏林国际电影节泰迪熊奖评委
2013年丹麦哥本哈根国际同志电影节评委
2013年获得洛杉矶同志中心国际先锋奖
导演阐述
到目前为止大部分的工作和生活都在和性与性别,公民社会和人权议题一起成长,之前拍的东西都是为了提高性少数人群的能见度,为了发声,为了自己的话语权。现在离开了全职的NGO工作,成为了一个自由职业者,因为不是什么学院派,又无法完全摆脱一个社会活动家的思维方式,还是特别喜欢那些很少被看到的人和故事,那些有抗争的,那些勇敢为自己而活,那些让我觉得自己生活得太单调的人物故事
Director|Xiaogang Wei
Cast|Jessica(主要采访人物)
Producer|Xiaogang Wei
Cinematographer|Li Shuo
Genre|Documentary
Length|37min30s
Year|2021
Dialogue|Chinese
Subtitles|Chinese, English
Region|China
Production Company|QAF
Synopsis
Every day at 3pm Jessica starts his make-up to be ready for his performance at 7:30. He does not perform in a bar or in a theater but at home facing his mobile phone. He is an online professional Drag Queen. Each day of the week he gets online to perform and to receive “gifts” from his fans. Although he enjoys being a Drag Queen, he not only has to prove his talents and skills but also to fight against prejudices and discrimination. Even if the space for drag shows in China is constrained, he is always looking for opportunities to perform in front of live audiences.
Director Biography
Xiaogang Wei was born and raised in Xinjiang, China. He was trained as an actor at the drama department of the Xinjiang Arts Institute in Urumqi and at the Shanghai Drama Academy. Having a passion for community work and a drive to contribute to social change, Xiaogang has continually searched for meaningful ways to share his drama skills with others and to use them in socially relevant ways.
In 2005 he started to engage himself on the production side of various films and other productions benefiting different social movements in China. In 2007, he founded the LGBT webcast “Queer Comrades”, for which he hosted and directed more than 400 videos and reached over 50 million viewers/times. Until 2019, he was the executive director of the NGO Beijing Gender. Founded in 2002, it was the first Chinese NGO to focus on issues of gender, sexuality and sexual health, thus fulfilling a pioneering role in Chinese society. Together with the Beijing Gender, he launched a series of groundbreaking events in China, including Queer University, the China AIDS Walk, the China Rainbow Awards, the China LGBTI Conference and All Gender Toilet Program.
Today, Xiaogang focuses on documentaries and film making. He is a member of the organizing committee of the Beijing Queer Film Festival. He was a member of the jury at the 2016 International Berlin Teddy Film Festival.
In 2013 he got the Vanguard Awards from LA LGBT Center for his contribution to the LGBTI movement in China.
Director’s Statement
So far, most of my work and life have been growing up with issues of sexuality and gender, civil society and human rights. Most of my films were about to raise the visibility of LGBTI people in China, to speak out, and asking for equal rights. Now I have left my full-time NGO job and become a freelancer, because I am not an film academic, and I cannot completely get rid of the way of thinking of a activist. So my film still like focus on people and stories that are rarely seen, those who have struggled, those who are brave to live for themselves, those who make me feel that my life is too monotonous.