Hey Jimmy

黑吉米

Hey Jimmy is a short documentary about ‘Black Jimmy,’ a black Taiwanese drag queen. The piece considers the socio-cultural complexities of the protagonist’s mixed parentage. A contemporary urban narrative, the documentary incorporates animation to create affectionately comical insight.

Region of Origin

Year of Release

2004

Duration

16 minutes

Format

Betacam, Color

Directors

Sung Ming-Chieh

Sung Ming-Chieh was born in Taiwan in 1971. Hey Jimmy was his graduate film for the Media Production Department at Canterbury Christ University College in the UK. He has worked as a marketingplanner and for record companies and production houses in Taiwan for many years.