Sadness (3-Day Rental)

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Award-winning photographer William Yang explores issues of grief, family and identity in this adaptation of his acclaimed stage performance, Sadness. Through this mesmerising, poetic montage of story telling, photography and stylised reenactment, Yang brings to life the stories of his family and friends. Sadness has two themes. The first involves an exploration of Yang's Chinese-Australian identity and family history, while the second centres on his experience of loss during the AIDS epidemic.

(1999, 52 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced in association with SBS Independent.

© National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.