简介：Award-winningphotographerWilliamYangexploresissuesofgrief,familyandidentityinthisadaptationofhisacclaimedstageperformance,Sadness.Amesmerising,poeticmontageofstorytelling,photographyandstylisedreenactment,SadnessbringstolifethestoriesofYang’sfamilyandfriends. Sadnesshastwothemes.ThefirstinvolvesajourneywhichYangmakestofarNorthQueenslandtoinvestigatehisuncle’smurder.AmidlushtropicallandscapesheunravelsthemysteryofFangYuen’sdeath.Alongtheway,hediscoverswhyhismotherhadbeenatsuchpainstodenyhisChineseheritageandassimilatehisfamilyintoAustralianculture. Thesecondthemecentresaroundgrieving.YangtellsusstoriesoffriendswhohavediedofAIDS:‘WhenIrereadmydiariesfromtheearlynineties,IsawthatIhadbeentomorewakesthanIhadbeentoparties.Ifeltcompelledtotellthesestoriesofmyfriends,tounburdenmyselfofthethingsthatIhaveseen’. Thesetwothreadsaredelicatelyandskilfullywoventocreateadocumentarythatiselegiacanddeeplymoving,heldtogetherbyYang’spresenceascompassionatewitness.Layeringhisjourneyacrosstime,placeandculture,Yangrevealstheprofoundunitybetweengriefandlovewhichliesclosetothecoreofhumanexperience.…