9:30-10:10 a.m.
(Open to public;Registration)
Lecture by Prof. Guo-Juin Hong, Duke University
Title: Voices and Their Dis/Content in Taiwan Documentary
Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall
Introducer: Prof. Jane Gaines |
10:10-10:50 a.m.
(Open to public;Registration)
Lecture by Prof. Ru-Shou Robert Chen, National Chengchi University
Title: From Social Activism to Eco Activism: Current Situation of Taiwan Documentary
Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall
Introducer: Prof. Nico Baumbach |
11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Film Screening
(Open to public;Registration)Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall
Title: The gangsters' God: a documentary about Taiwan's underworld 炸神明: 一部道上兄弟的紀錄片 (2006)
Director: Ho Chao-ti 賀照緹
Running time: 49 min.
Languages: In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Synopsis: Each year at Lantern Festival in eastern Taiwan, a ritual takes place in which men stand on a sacred palanquin dressed in nothing but red shorts, while people pound their bodies with firecrackers that singe their skin. For the duration of the ritual, these men are believed to be invested with the spirit of the god Handan. The ritual known as the Scorching of Handan has become a major event in recent years. The people who take part have always been shrouded in mystery and rumored to be members of the gangsters' underworld. Filmed over the course of 22 months, [the film] takes the viewer right into the local underworld community of Taitung, and follows a chapter in the dramatic lives of four “Brothers”. |
1:30-2:10 p.m.
(Open to public;Registration)Lecture by Prof. Tze-lan Deborah Sang, Michigan State University
Title: Globalization Through Taiwanese Women's Documentary Lens: The Case of Ho Chao-ti
Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall
Introducer: Prof. Myron Cohen. |
2:10-2:50 p.m.
(Open to public;Registration)Lecture by Dr. Shi-Yan Chao, INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Title: Taiwan Documentary, Transnational Perspective
Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall
Introducer: Prof. Murray Rubinstein. |
3:30-4:50 p.m.
Film Screening
(Open to public;Registration)Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall
Title: Sock’n Roll 台灣黑狗兄 (2013)
Director: Ho Chao-ti 賀照緹
Running time: 78 min.
Languages: In Taiwanese dialect and some Mandarin Chinese, with Chinese and English subtitles.
Synopsis: A documentary looks at the predicament faced by Taiwan’s small enterprises through the story of a sock town in rapid decline. |
4:50-5:40 p.m.
(Open to public;Registration)Panel Discussion with The Film Director
Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall
Film Director: Ho Chao-ti 賀照緹
Panelists: Guo-Juin Hong (Lead), Jane Gaines, Ru-Shou Robert Chen, Tze-lan Deborah Sang, and Shi-yan Chao |