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Death Mask

Film still from John Greyson’s film “Death Mask”. A person wears suspenders, a black striped tie and a white shirt, and is about to shoot a ball with a table tennis bat in front of a text about Java.
© Vtape, Greyzone
  • Director

    John Greyson

  • Canada / 2023
    10 min. / Original version

  • Original language

    English

In 1933, Li Shiu Tong and his lover, Berlin gay rights pioneer Magnus Hirschfield, were forced into exile, fleeing the Nazis. DEATH MASK is an original short opera about Li’s last day on earth in Vancouver, 60 years later.

Program Schedule

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media
  • Logo des Programms NeuStart Kultur