Monthly Archives: July 2019

Disney’s Mulan – Official Teaser

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When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father. “Mulan” features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Cheng Honghui; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor. The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek based on the narrative poem “The Ballad of Mulan.”

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Follow a young man’s journey of sexual awakening and self discovery 🔥

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Kiss of the Rabbit God

Long-time Nowness collaborator Andrew Thomas Huang writes and directs this captivating short film about an ordinary restaurant worker’s extraordinary sexual awakening. Nightly visits from the Rabbit God, who arrives in the body of a tantalizing mysterious stranger, blossom into a tryst that empowers the young man to embark on a journey of self-discovery. “Interweaving my personal family history in the Chinese restaurant business with the richness of Chinese mythology,” says Huang, “Kiss of the Rabbit God is a confession and a love letter to my queer Asian community.”

LA-based Huang looked to his own Chinese heritage as inspiration for this Nowness-commissioned project, which is also the filmmaker’s first fictional narrative short. The Qing dynasty myth of Tu’er Shen—the Rabbit God—traces the story of a Fujianese soldier who was executed for professing his love to another man. The ruler of the underworld decided that since Tu’er Shen’s crime was one of love, the soldier would be ordained as the Rabbit God, the patron deity of gay love.

“Being asked to create a piece centered around queer Asian characters became a dauntingly personal journey for me,” says Huang. “I grew up with a deficit of queer Asian visibility on-screen along with the frequent stigmatization and devaluing of Asian male bodies in Western visual culture. I wanted to unpack these issues while also crafting a story that I felt enriched our collective imagination of what queer Asian male love, sex and intimacy could aspire to be.”

Huang is internationally renowned for creating outlandish imagined landscapes and for experimental filmmaking that blurs the line between video art and traditional cinema. His strength in world-building has led him to collaborate with Icelandic artist Bjork, avant-pop musician FKA Twigs, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and British director Joe Wright.

Kiss of the Rabbit God forms part of China Wave, our month-long special program of films profiling a new era of Chinese creative expression that is rewriting the rules on conventional art, filmmaking, music and performance.

Kiss of the Rabbit God will be screening at Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival, which runs from 18 – 28 July 2019. Click here for more information

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Our Wedding Film at Japanese Shrine 熊野本宮大社 神前結婚式 熊野古道

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“Ordinary is Extraordinary”
We celebrated traditional wedding at Kumano Hongu shirne in Wakayama Japan.
Walking Kumano trail with remembering this 10 years days between us,
we are happy that we could be together on this wonderful day.
We believe love is love, no matter what sexuality is.
Just following our heart, we want to come back to
Kumano again in the future with our gray hair.

Thank you for watching:)
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2018年秋 和歌山県の「熊野本宮大社」で結婚式を挙げました。
10年の歳月を思い出しながら苔が香る熊野古道を踏みしめ、
素朴な神前式を挙げることができました。

一瞬で過ぎ去る”今” を大切に。
これからも愛する人と共に手を取り、笑いあって、
またこの地に辿りつきたいと思う。
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“思い出は一生の宝物” “Ordinary is Extraordinary”
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この10年のことを振り返ってみると、
自分にとって大切なもののほとんどは、
毎日の中にある小さな景色や喜びだと気づいた。

脱ぎっぱなしの洋服だったり、
雑に書かれた行ってきます、の置き手紙だったり。

そういう瞬間になんとも心があったかくなる。

男であろうと女であろうと、ただ愛するものがあって、
そうして世の中には素晴らしいものがたくさんあって、
そういった存在を目の当たりしたとき人はただ幸せを
感じることができるのかなって思う😌

“Ordinary is Extraordinary. “
-特別なことは、当たり前の毎日の中に-
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“Taking Me High, Taking Me Low”
by Gold Flow feat. Jason Dering
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Sony A7 III Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 Di III RX
and Sony α6300 +50mm 1.8 OSS

Location: Kumanokodo
Wakayama, Japan
Shrine: Kumano Hongu Taisha
Date: Sep. 2018

Filmed, Photographed by SHIBA and KOJI
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“Black sounding” names and their surprising history

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What’s in a name? Sometimes it’s just our imagination, and other times it’s an attempt at a political statement. Black names have been satirized and stereotyped for a long time, but they have a unique and downright surprising history. Azie and Evelyn discuss the history, culture, and influence on “black sounding names” for #SayItLoudPBS

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“Sweet Lady” by Tyrese: https://youtu.be/gSlLFx2U4qo
Are Emily And Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal: https://ift.tt/2FIb4NS
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