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To Freely Flourish the film

'To Freely Flourish' film screening and Q&A

Where
Dendy Newtown
Dendy Newtown
261-263 King Street, Newtown NSW 2042
When

Sunday 21 July 2024 from 3pm to 5pm

Cost

Adult: $20Child: $15

For our children to flourish, is often the singular focus of migrant families. But what does it really mean for our children and our communities to truly flourish?

辅导子女绽放到底意味著什么? 

To Freely Flourish 綻放, a queer coming-of-age Chinese diaspora family drama. A 40 min film in Cantonese, Mandarin and English (with English subtitles). The screening will be accompanied by a live 40min Q&A with the writer-director Victor Wu, cinematographer/co-producer Jude Ella and lead actors Lelong Hu and Grace Ho hosted by Jay Ooi, creator and producer of critically acclaimed podcast Shoes Off, an episode of which inspired the script.

A story about family disconnection despite the most loving efforts; simply due to failing to see your child for who they are. A story about the power of ordinary everyday queer visibility, how simply living openly and truthfully helps others in our communities find that connection again with those they love. A story about the power of pursuing our passions, and the profound life lessons they teach us.

It is 2017 in Sydney Australia, in the height of the Marriage Equality debate and the word 'Love' is everywhere. But for Peter, an Australian-born Chinese adolescent exploring his sexuality, it is the meaning of love and family itself that he is grappling with, against the background of his parents' constant bickering and his father's aloofness resembling nothing of the ideals he sees in the political campaigns. This is when a new piano teacher enters his life and changes everything. She inspires him to find his own meaning through his passion for music.

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