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When the Dawn Comes

Sun 16 October / 2pm / Summerhall / tickets £8 (£6 concession)

Taiwan / 2021 / Colour / 60 mins
Mandarin with English subtitles
Dir. ZHANG Hong-jie

CHI Chia-wei devoted his life to educating people about AIDS: he gave out condoms in the 80s while dressed as Snow White, Jesus or a mummy. At a press conference, he came out as gay and became the first person in Taiwan to do so publicly. His activism garnered a lot of media attention as well abuse from the public. In 2017, a constitutional ruling made him a hero in the LGBTQ+ community – a 30-year-long struggle seemed to have reached its final destination and a new starting point.

About Director

ZHANG Hong-jie is an independent documentary filmmaker, who uses a camera to observe and record social issues. His documentaries mainly focus on portraits, such as baseball players, ex-offenders, indigenous people and puppet opera performers. To ZHANG, shooting a documentary is his way to explore the world and communicate with society; making a documentary is his calling. WHEN THE DAWN COMES (2021) is his latest film.

Part of Doc Replay: Portraits

Nomadic eel-catching fishermen. LGBT+ rights, AIDS awareness activist and the first person in Taiwan to publicly come out as gay.
Doc Replay: Portraits presents two documentaries, each charting one person’s life in their goals and struggles, offering audiences a glimpse into the lesser-known side of Taiwan.