Rex vs. Singh : four versions /
Between 1909 and 1929, an inordinate number of men tried for sodomy in Vancouver were Sikhs. In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover police in Vancouver and accused of sodomy. This experimental video stages scenes from the trial, told four times: fir...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
V Tape,
2009.
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| Summary: | Between 1909 and 1929, an inordinate number of men tried for sodomy in Vancouver were Sikhs. In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover police in Vancouver and accused of sodomy. This experimental video stages scenes from the trial, told four times: first as a period drama, second as a documentary investigation of the case, third as a musical agit-prop, and fourth, as a deconstruction of the actual court transcript. Rex vs. Singh is a speculative interplay between homophobia and racism in this little known chapter in Canadian history, inspired by the research of Gordon Brent Ingram. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced in 2008 for the Queer History Project of Out on Screen, Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Ali Kazimi; editors, Carole Larsen, Jared Raab, Ali Kazimi. |