Film Screening Drag Up! Documentary and discussion with producer Dr Hongwei Bao at the Oval Office Bar

Dr Hongwei Bao, our Marie Jahoda Fellow 2024, was project leader of the Project “Drag Up!” and is the producer of the affiliated documentary about this project. We kindly invite you to join us at the Oval Office Bar for a screening of the movie and the following discussion with Dr Hongwei Bao on November 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm.

In June 2023, seven young, queer Chinese people signed up for a performance art project in East London. In this month-long community art project, they would learn about what is drag and how to perform it, discover their queer Chinese heritage, and explore ways to de-westernise and decolonise drag. The training was hard but also fun. Most nerve-wracking of all, they would put on a live show in front of an audience. On a roller-coaster journey of self-discovery, they would find out about what their identity, community and politics means to drag.