Richard Fung Movies

  • 1993
    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

    Zero Patience

    5.41993HD

    The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the...

    Zero Patience
  • 2018
    Nang by Nang

    Nang by Nang

    Nang by Nang

    02018HD

    Nang has written her own script. Born in the Trinidadian village of Basse Terre in 1934, she grew up poor, illegitimate, mixed-race and female, but...

    Nang by Nang
  • 2024
    The Enigma Of Harold Sonny Ladoo

    The Enigma Of Harold Sonny Ladoo

    The Enigma Of Harold Sonny Ladoo

    02024HD

    In The Enigma of Harold Sonny Ladoo Richard Fung draws on a 20-year-old archive of video interviews by Trinidadian filmmaker Christopher Laird, a...

    The Enigma Of Harold Sonny Ladoo
  • 2009
    Monster in the Closet

    Monster in the Closet

    Monster in the Closet

    02009HD

    A two-headed monster grabs a little girl's backpack, which leads to a transformation.

    Monster in the Closet
  • 1990
    Steam Clean

    Steam Clean

    Steam Clean

    11990HD

    A Gay Men’s Health Crisis sex education PSA in which an interracial gay male couple hooks up at a bath house, having steamy sex safely.

    Steam Clean
  • 1986
    Chinese Characters

    Chinese Characters

    Chinese Characters

    11986HD

    Best known for his work in video, Richard Fung has made the politics of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation his central focus. Chinese...

    Chinese Characters
  • 2000
    Sea in the Blood

    Sea in the Blood

    Sea in the Blood

    02000HD

    Home movies and family photographs mixed with drawings and texts tell the story of a family that has lived with disease.

    Sea in the Blood
  • 1998
    School Fag

    School Fag

    School Fag

    5.51998HD

    In a courageous, straight into the camera, monologue the film maker tells us what it's like to be the school fag. The only one that is out about...

    School Fag
  • 2008
    Rex vs. Singh

    Rex vs. Singh

    Rex vs. Singh

    02008HD

    In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover cops and accused of sodomy. Their story becomes a...

    Rex vs. Singh
  • 1996
    Dirty Laundry

    Dirty Laundry

    Dirty Laundry

    11996HD

    Dirty Laundry speculates upon the buried narratives of gender and sexuality in Chinese-Canadian history of the 19th century, when Chinese communities...

    Dirty Laundry
  • 2012
    Dal Puri Diaspora

    Dal Puri Diaspora

    Dal Puri Diaspora

    02012HD

    Growing up in Trinidad, Richard Fung loved dal puri roti. In this epic culinary quest he sets out to discover where this spicy flat bread was born....

    Dal Puri Diaspora
  • 1990
    Fighting Chance

    Fighting Chance

    Fighting Chance

    11990HD

    This video focuses on the experiences of four Asian men. Each person is in a different stage of HIV infection and each has significant experiences...

    Fighting Chance
  • 1991
    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    01991HD

    On January 8, 1989 a Pickering, Ontario flea market was robbed. Witnesses reported the robbers consisted of one white male and four Blacks. Later...

    Out of the Blue
  • 2020
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    102020HD

    With a travel ban in place, Richard and his partner Tim, are stranded as the only guests in a small riad in the Dades Valley in southeast Morocco.

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  • 2016
    Re:Orientations

    Re:Orientations

    Re:Orientations

    02016HD

    In 1984, Richard Fung released his seminal first documentary Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians. Featuring 14 women and men in Toronto of South,...

    Re:Orientations
  • 2002
    Islands

    Islands

    Islands

    02002HD

    Islands is an experimental video that deconstructs a film by John Huston to comment on the Caribbean‚s relationship to the cinematic image. A...

    Islands
  • 2007
    Jehad in Motion

    Jehad in Motion

    Jehad in Motion

    02007HD

    Jehad Aliweiwi is a Palestinian Canadian who lives in Toronto but regularly returns to visit his family in Hebron. Rendered on two screens, Jehad in...

    Jehad in Motion
  • 1984
    Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians

    Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians

    Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians

    01984HD

    Best known for his work in video, Richard Fung has made the politics of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation his central focus. Orientations...

    Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians
  • 1990
    My Mother’s Place

    My Mother’s Place

    My Mother’s Place

    01990HD

    My Mother's Place is an experimental documentary focusing on the artist's mother, a third-generation Chinese-Trinidadian who at 80 still has vivid...

    My Mother’s Place
  • 1988
    The Way to My Father’s Village

    The Way to My Father’s Village

    The Way to My Father’s Village

    01988HD

    In the fall of 1986, Richard Fung made his first visit to his father's birthplace, a village in southern Guangdong, China. This experimental...

    The Way to My Father’s Village