Xiaodi Screening & Xiaodi, Director Junmi Chen talkback |《晓迪》放映 &导演、晓迪映后谈

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On the 17th birthday of Huang Xiaodi, a transgender girl from China, the whole family gathered to celebrate her birthday. After dinner, her parents asked her to get in the car and take her to buy a birthday present. However, what awaited her was not the store but an "Internet addiction school" on Gele Mountain in Chongqing, China.

They believed this school would convert Xiaodi and make her a "normal" boy. Trapped in a private Pr*son, Xiaodi learned to give in. In the face of violence and humiliation, she suffered disgrace to win the trust of instructors. Under her patience, a chance to escape finally came.

This is the story told in the Documentary Xiaodi. SeaUni, a Chinese diaspora queer and trans feminist collective based in Seattle, in collaboration with Yun Theatre, will present the documentary Xiaodi.

Following the documentary, we invite you to an online talkback with Xiaodi and Director Junmi Chen. They will discuss the realities of transgender life and the fight against “conversion therapy” institutions in China. As the Director notes, “(We) try our best to turn the abstract so-called 'conversion therapy' into a unique experience through film, which makes people feel the insult to personality and the destruction of dignity. At the same time, we reviewed Xiaodi's personal growth history and family memories to help the audience understand the experience and growth process of a transgender person”.

? English and Chinese subtitles will be provided. Consecutive interpretation will be available during the talkback session.

For online tickect, you will receive a link 1 week before the event to watch it online at your own time, and a link to join the talkback online.

❗Trigger Warning: violence, conversion therapy, unlawful imprisonment. The "Internet addiction school” depicted in the documentary may evoke parallels with the Canadian Indian residential school system and concentration camps.

? 2024.09.08, Sunday

⏰ 6:20 PM-8:20 PM (6:00PM door open)

? UHeights - Auditorium, 5031 University Way NE, Seattle

Agenda:

6:20 PM - 7:10 PM screening

7:25 PM - 8:10 PM talkback & Q&A

The event is at University Heights Center, 5031 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105. We will have volunteers to guide you, please enter at the specific entrance of Uheights（https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQZQ57GsCHZKp9sOsjRVw10kIuHkEFK1

Parking Info

• You can park at the south parking lot. Not all parking slots are available though, please do NOT part at spots where the bottom most line says ‘VRO only’
• There are also street parkings
• Also, you can park at UW N1 or N5, which requires a ~10-min walk to the event venue. https://transportation.uw.edu/park/visitor/self-serve

Venue Accessibility

• Restrooms for all genders and bodies. All-gender restrooms on each floor and ADA-accessible restrooms on the main floor and top level.
• Variable/movable seating in The Auditorium
• Accessible parking spaces. Two parking spaces in the south parking lot and three parking spaces in the north parking lot.

中文介绍

?️‍⚧️黄晓迪是一个中国跨性别女孩。在她17岁生日那天，全家人团聚在一起为她庆生。饭后，父母叫她上车，要带她挑选生日礼物。然而，等待她的不是商店，而是位于重庆歌乐山上的一所“网瘾学校”。父母相信，这样能够扭转晓迪，使她成为一个“正常”的男孩子。

身陷“私人监狱”，晓迪学会了屈服。面对暴力和羞辱，她忍辱负重，博取教官的信任。在她的耐心等待下，一个逃跑的机会终于降临……

这是纪录片《晓迪》中记载的故事。SeaUni大胆开麦（西雅图酷儿女权开放麦）和戏有云想要邀请你一起来看观看这部纪录片。放映结束后，导演陈军米以及晓迪会和大家连线，为我们介绍中国跨儿和反扭转治疗的现状，一起交流学习。导演说，“尽我们所能，（在这部影片中）将抽象的‘扭转治疗’通过影像打造为一种独特的体验，让人们感受到这种做法对于人格的侮辱以及尊严的摧残，同时回顾晓迪的个人成长史和家庭回忆，帮助观众理解一个跨性别者经历和成长历程”。

❗内容预警： 暴力， 扭转治疗，非法监禁，“网瘾学校”。

Host or Publisher SeaUni大胆开麦