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.
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Richard Fung
Also in
Zero Patience
Monster in the Closet
Nathaniel Bacon
Pierce
John Greyson
Barry Birnberg
Judge Shaw
Tom Bolton
MacDougal
Ali Kazimi
Also in
Outsourced
Enrico DiFede
Detective Ricci
Gurpreet Johol
Naina Singh
Gursharan Mann
Translator
Will Morgan
Kennedy
Ezra Perlman
Boy Narrator
Sarabjeet Singh
Dalip Singh
John Greyson Director · Richard Fung Director Ali Kazimi Director
First release August 20, 2008 · Produced in Canada
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Canada
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Original language
English
Release dates
Canada · August 20, 2008
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