Edgar Tang is a cancer survivor and award-winning creative whose work in TV, film and motion-picture marketing has received over 40 accolades around the world. These include New York Festivals, PromaxBDA (Global, Arabia & Asia) and film festival nods for his creative collaboration on Singapore filmmaker Ken Kwek's controversial Sex.Violence.FamilyValues.
In 2007, while working in Dubai, Tang was suddenly diagnosed with stage III Hodgkin's Lymphoma and underwent chemotherapy. Upon recovery, he found his way to New York to study film, had a stint in Los Angeles as a production intern, and in a spontaneous turn, ventured into Berlin, where I Hugged The Berlin Patient's adventure begins.
On 12 October 2007, in an initiative headed by impresario Alan Seah, leading members of Singapore's arts fraternity, both gay and straight, took part on a promotional rap video titled Repeal 377A Singapore!. It was produced and directed by Tang and theatre celebrity Pam Oei, and shot at actress Selena Tan's home. Alan Seah had the idea for the video to feature Robyn's song "With Every Heartbeat"[1] and invited other celebrities to appear in it, like Tan Kheng Hua, Glen Goei, Mark Richmond, Beatrice Chia-Richmond, Kumar, Emma Yong, Yeo Yann Yann, Colin Goh, Lim Kay Siu, Neo Swee Lin and Selena Tan herself.[2]:
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This article was written by Roy Tan.