Rex vs. Singh
MovieTitle | Rex vs. Singh |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Aug 20, 2008 |
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Director | John Greyson , Ali Kazimi , Richard Fung |
Production country | US |
Run time | 30 min. |
In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover cops and accused of sodomy. Their story becomes a fascinating case study of Vancouver power relations: how police corruption, racism, homophobia, and a covert "whites-only" immigration policy, conspired to maintain the status quo of this colonial port city. Told in four parts, by three separate directors, the film is a hybrid of film forms including drama, documentary and musical.