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62 Years and 6500 Miles Between
directed by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016; produced by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016, Center for Asian American Media (United States: A. W. Chang Productions, 2004), 53 mins
Amidst the political upheavals of a nation and the world, the filmmaker navigates cultural, geographical and linguistic distances in search of wisdom and hope from her 100 year-old Taiwanese activist grandmother (Ama). Artist Statement. 62 YEARS AND 6,500 MILES BETWEEN explores the discovery of my grandmother’s...
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directed by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016; produced by Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016, Center for Asian American Media (United States: A. W. Chang Productions, 2004), 53 mins
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Amidst the political upheavals of a nation and the world, the filmmaker navigates cultural, geographical and linguistic distances in search of wisdom and hope from her 100 year-old Taiwanese activist grandmother (Ama). Artist Statement. 62 YEARS AND 6,500 MILES BETWEEN explores the discovery of my grandmother’s political sensibility just prior to her entering a full-care facility through the intimate details remembered by those closely associat...
Amidst the political upheavals of a nation and the world, the filmmaker navigates cultural, geographical and linguistic distances in search of wisdom and hope from her 100 year-old Taiwanese activist grandmother (Ama). Artist Statement. 62 YEARS AND 6,500 MILES BETWEEN explores the discovery of my grandmother’s political sensibility just prior to her entering a full-care facility through the intimate details remembered by those closely associated with her, her award-winning autobiographical essay which was published in 1994 by the Taipei Women’s Rights Organization, and my own memories. As the film progresses, we hear history being told from various perspectives. Eventually, twists and turns develop along the way - the expectation that the camera is a reliable witness, or that the translation is accurate, the many facts that Ama left out of her biography, or that the biography was even written by Ama.The film reworks the documentary form with its own set of expectations, while investigating historical, social and political phenomena via the personal. This film specifically examines how a postcolonial people negotiate the memory and translation essential to the reconstruction and ultimately reclamation of a personal and national history. Translation and memory are the means by which we construct the past, yet both of these are delicate. For example, while emphasizing testimonials in light of an official history, I use images of contemporary Taiwan, instead of archival footage — reflecting how a postcolonial people can sometimes only reimagine their past. Finally, in the telling of this history perhaps the film will spark dialogue about the nonfiction canon that is deeply driven by our desire to represent history - revisted or as a moment in time; a memory - however vivid or fleeting; and truth - whether perceived or felt.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gibbs Chapman, fl. 1992, Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016, Center for Asian American Media
Author / Creator
Anita Chang, fl. 1995-2016
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
A. W. Chang Productions
Person Discussed
Shi-Shia Chen Ong, 1905-2004
Topic / Theme
Political violence, Politics, Oral history, Social activism and activists, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005
Country of Origin
United States, Taiwan
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Almost in Life = 生活在遠方
directed by Wu Wuna, fl. 2010 (Hong Kong (State): CNEX Studio Corporation, 2010), 40 mins
This is a film, and a journey of the director, Wuna. Wu encountered the people who are looking for a life closer to the land and their spiritual homeland during her poetic journey. Everyone has got a beginning, a curve line of his/her journey, and an answer that needs to be told. What are they actually looking for...
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directed by Wu Wuna, fl. 2010 (Hong Kong (State): CNEX Studio Corporation, 2010), 40 mins
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This is a film, and a journey of the director, Wuna. Wu encountered the people who are looking for a life closer to the land and their spiritual homeland during her poetic journey. Everyone has got a beginning, a curve line of his/her journey, and an answer that needs to be told. What are they actually looking for? What are they really expecting for? Moving from and to the beautiful and peaceful spaces, Wuna shows us what people are gazing toward...
This is a film, and a journey of the director, Wuna. Wu encountered the people who are looking for a life closer to the land and their spiritual homeland during her poetic journey. Everyone has got a beginning, a curve line of his/her journey, and an answer that needs to be told. What are they actually looking for? What are they really expecting for? Moving from and to the beautiful and peaceful spaces, Wuna shows us what people are gazing towards, rather than their past stories.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Wu Wuna, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Social relationships, Computers, Self awareness, Urban life, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2010 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
Taiwan
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Hip-Hop Storm = 街舞狂潮
directed by Su Che-hsien, fl. 2010; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Su Che-hsien, fl. 2010, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2010), 1 hour 20 mins
Thirty-four year-old Alun formed the first hip-hop dance group 'The Party' soon after totalitarian rule ended in Taiwan in the early 90s. The group eventually disbanded, but Alun's passion for hip-hop remained. He's about to compete in Juste Debout, a worldwide street dance competition to take place in Paris. Wher...
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directed by Su Che-hsien, fl. 2010; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Su Che-hsien, fl. 2010, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2010), 1 hour 20 mins
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Thirty-four year-old Alun formed the first hip-hop dance group 'The Party' soon after totalitarian rule ended in Taiwan in the early 90s. The group eventually disbanded, but Alun's passion for hip-hop remained. He's about to compete in Juste Debout, a worldwide street dance competition to take place in Paris. Where will this journey take him? Eight high school students born in the 90s, and half the age of Alun, make up 'Undergradu-eight.' Suppo...
Thirty-four year-old Alun formed the first hip-hop dance group 'The Party' soon after totalitarian rule ended in Taiwan in the early 90s. The group eventually disbanded, but Alun's passion for hip-hop remained. He's about to compete in Juste Debout, a worldwide street dance competition to take place in Paris. Where will this journey take him? Eight high school students born in the 90s, and half the age of Alun, make up 'Undergradu-eight.' Supported by a more open society that has come to embrace pop culture, what is the dream they're hoping to achieve through hip-hop?
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Su Che-hsien, fl. 2010, CNEX Foundation Limited, Wen Tzu-Chieh, fl. 2006-2014
Author / Creator
Su Che-hsien, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010-11
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Contests and competitions, Youth, Dance and dancing, Dance, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2010 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
Taiwan
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Millionaire in Check Fun = 百萬格子小富翁
directed by Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2011), 17 mins
The Check Fun Store is an innovative business model. Every store is divided into hundreds of small checks to display and sell a wide range of creative products provided by people who rent these checks. Thanks to its risk diversification nature, the Check Fun Store business model proliferated in Taiwan when the fin...
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directed by Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2011), 17 mins
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The Check Fun Store is an innovative business model. Every store is divided into hundreds of small checks to display and sell a wide range of creative products provided by people who rent these checks. Thanks to its risk diversification nature, the Check Fun Store business model proliferated in Taiwan when the financial crisis hit in 2007 to carry people through the global economic downturn.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Associations and organizations, Economic recessions, Merchants, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2011 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
China, Taiwan
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Trashy Treasure = 垃圾人
directed by Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016, CNEX Foundation Limited; performed by Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016 and Lai Sun-Chin, fl. 2008-2010 (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2010), 19 mins,
Source: www.imdb.com
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'Trash' could be so relative that most people have stereotyped definitions about rubbish. For some people, trash could be somehow treasurable. As a production designer for short films, I started to observe trash in the cities and collected them as my own properties for those low budget films.
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directed by Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016, CNEX Foundation Limited; performed by Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016 and Lai Sun-Chin, fl. 2008-2010 (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2010), 19 mins,
Source: www.imdb.com
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'Trash' could be so relative that most people have stereotyped definitions about rubbish. For some people, trash could be somehow treasurable. As a production designer for short films, I started to observe trash in the cities and collected them as my own properties for those low budget films.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016, Lai Sun-Chin, fl. 2008-2010
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Lee Wei-Shun, fl. 2008-2016, Lai Sun-Chin, fl. 2008-2010
Date Published / Released
2010, 2010-10-27
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Film and films, Waste disposal, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2010 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
Taiwan
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Home School = 宅．私塾
directed by Albert J. L. Huang, 1962-; produced by CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2013), 1 hour
This film looks at four different families – the Polish and Taiwanese CHEN-WERNIK family, the traditional ZHAN family, the LUO family, who adjusted to traditional education yet still chose homeschooling, and the MALCOLM family, who had experienced hurdles in school and found solace in a non-traditional school €..
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directed by Albert J. L. Huang, 1962-; produced by CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2013), 1 hour
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This film looks at four different families – the Polish and Taiwanese CHEN-WERNIK family, the traditional ZHAN family, the LUO family, who adjusted to traditional education yet still chose homeschooling, and the MALCOLM family, who had experienced hurdles in school and found solace in a non-traditional school – and examines their backgrounds which led them all to homeschooling, their situations, and their stories.
Date Written / Recorded
2013
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Albert J. L. Huang, 1962-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Learning, Education, Educational, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2013 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
Taiwan
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The Other Side = 對岸異鄉人
directed by Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 9 mins
KE is a failed businessman in Taiwan who seeks to rebound and then works as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzhen, China. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hope of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hopes of achieving what they cannot find in their ho...
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directed by Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 9 mins
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KE is a failed businessman in Taiwan who seeks to rebound and then works as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzhen, China. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hope of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hopes of achieving what they cannot find in their homeland. But how much do they really know about that country across the straits? Political and social turbulence soon replace individu...
KE is a failed businessman in Taiwan who seeks to rebound and then works as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzhen, China. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hope of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hopes of achieving what they cannot find in their homeland. But how much do they really know about that country across the straits? Political and social turbulence soon replace individual prosperity and self-fulfillment, creating conflicts and contradictions in the lives of these new immigrants. And despite the similar ancestry, KE and Lili must reconcile vast differences in their adoptive homes and come to terms with the fact that they will forever be 'outsiders.'
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Tsung-lung Tsai, fl. 1979
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Business failures, Marriage, Migration, Chinese, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2012 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
Taiwan
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The Topography of Taiwan
(Discover China Production, 2010), 48 mins
This documentary is about the topography of Taiwan.
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(Discover China Production, 2010), 48 mins
Description
This documentary is about the topography of Taiwan.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Discover China Production
Topic / Theme
Geophysical features
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Discover China Production Ltd.
Country of Origin
Taiwan
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Dialogue Between Blue & Green = 藍綠對話實驗室
directed by Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 (Hong Kong (State): CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 16 mins
Taiwan’s democracy is the envy of Chinese people all over the world. At the same time, when this two-party system – “blue”(Kuomingtang) and “green”(Democratic Progressive Party) – get at each other’s throats, it seems to cast a dark cloud over this beacon of advancing democratization. How does the...
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directed by Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 (Hong Kong (State): CNEX Studio Corporation, 2012), 1 hour 16 mins
Description
Taiwan’s democracy is the envy of Chinese people all over the world. At the same time, when this two-party system – “blue”(Kuomingtang) and “green”(Democratic Progressive Party) – get at each other’s throats, it seems to cast a dark cloud over this beacon of advancing democratization. How does the young generation, many of them first time voters, feel about the political environment they’ve inherited? Will they allow for their p...
Taiwan’s democracy is the envy of Chinese people all over the world. At the same time, when this two-party system – “blue”(Kuomingtang) and “green”(Democratic Progressive Party) – get at each other’s throats, it seems to cast a dark cloud over this beacon of advancing democratization. How does the young generation, many of them first time voters, feel about the political environment they’ve inherited? Will they allow for their political differences to drive a deeper wedge into the Taiwanese society?
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Fu Yue, fl. 2011-2014
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Political rivalries, Elections
Copyright Message
Copyright 2012 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
Taiwan
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The Forgotten City = 時代廢城
directed by Ning Hou, fl. 2013 and Gary Shih, fl. 2014; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Gary Shih, fl. 2014, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2013), 55 mins
Jointly directed by filmmakers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, The Forgotten City tells the story of how Taiwan and China each built special housings to meet the need of an era, and how, as time went past, these housings became ruins. The residents in Taiwan's 'dependents villages' and China's 'third-front f...
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directed by Ning Hou, fl. 2013 and Gary Shih, fl. 2014; produced by Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007 and Gary Shih, fl. 2014, CNEX Foundation Limited (Taipei Shi: CNEX Studio Corporation, 2013), 55 mins
Description
Jointly directed by filmmakers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, The Forgotten City tells the story of how Taiwan and China each built special housings to meet the need of an era, and how, as time went past, these housings became ruins. The residents in Taiwan's 'dependents villages' and China's 'third-front factories' now face the fate of their homeland being abandoned or demolished...
Date Written / Recorded
2013
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ben Tsiang, fl. 2007, Gary Shih, fl. 2014, CNEX Foundation Limited
Author / Creator
Ning Hou, fl. 2013, Gary Shih, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
CNEX Studio Corporation
Topic / Theme
Housing, Buildings, Construction, Chinese, Taiwanese
Copyright Message
Copyright 2013 by CNEX Studio Corporation
Country of Origin
China, Taiwan
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