Kao, Antonia



title: Straight White Men and Me

length: 23:21, Beta, 2000

genre: Documentary

director: Antonia Kao

producer: Sidney Velander

synopsis: Director Kao takes a revealing, sometimes humorous look at her own stereotypes of "straight white men".

festivals: Western Psychological Association
Visual Communications: Los Angeles Asian
Film and Video Festival
Women in the Director's Chair,
Festival and National Tour
Profiled on "Forbidden Fruit," KFAI 90.3 FM Minneapolis, 106.7 FM St. Paul, December 2001

directorcontact: Antonia Kao

emailaddress: info@wiseorchid.com

website: www.wiseorchid.com

distributor: educational: Filmakers Library; all else: director

distribcity/state: NY, NY

distribwebsite: www.filmakers.com

title: Pup

length: 23:21, MiniDV, 2005

genre: Documentary

director: Antonia Kao

producer: Antonia Kao

synopsis: PUP follows two out, gay, Christian leathermen - Master Skip and Pup Tim - as they prepare to compete in The Second International Puppy Contest (IPC), a leather title contest for human canines and their handlers.

Warm, affectionate, and funny, the documentary is the first to introduce puppy play, a fetish in which a human expresses the attributes of a canine, most often in relation to another human taking the position of pup handler, owner, trainer, etc.

festivals: CineKink NYC 2005 (Winner: Best Documentary Short); NY, SF, LA, Chicago, Dallas, & Melbourne LGBT Film Festivals; Pacific Film Archive (UC Berkeley); Mill Valley Film Festival

directorcontact: Antonia Kao

website: pupumentary.com

distribcity/state: CA

distribwebsite: wiseorchid.com

All Kao, Antonia Entries

04.29.06Straight White Men and Me
04.29.06Pup
05.26.03Straight White Men and Me
05.21.03Lullaby
05.21.03Happy Birthday