Kiss of the Rabbit God NOWNESS
Follow a young man s journey of sexual awakening and self discovery Kiss of the Rabbit God Longtime Nowness collaborator Andrew Thomas Huang writes and directs this captivating short film about an ordinary restaurant workers extraordinary sexual awakening. Nightly visits from the Rabbit God, who arrives in the body of a tantalizing mysterious stranger, blossom into a tryst that empowers the young man to embark on a journey of selfdiscovery. Interweaving my personal family history in the Chinese restaurant business with the richness of Chinese mythology, says Huang, Kiss of the Rabbit God is a confession and a love letter to my queer Asian community. LAbased Huang looked to his own Chinese heritage as inspiration for this Nownesscommissioned project, which is also the filmmaker s first fictional narrative short. The Qing dynasty myth of Tu er Shenthe Rabbit Godtraces the story of a Fujianese soldier who was executed for professing his love to another man. The ruler of the underworld decided th
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