Rex vs. Singh

  • Run time: 30 min
  • Premiere: 2008. August 20.

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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Directing

John Greyson

Director

Richard Fung

Director

Ali Kazimi

Director

Directing

John Greyson

Director

Richard Fung

Director

Ali Kazimi

Director