"Documentary Views of Taiwan": A Taiwan Documentary Film Festival and Symposium at Columbia
紀錄片下的臺灣： 哥倫比亞大學臺灣紀錄片展暨研討會
October 11-12, 2013
Columbia University Libraries, School of the Arts, Film Studies M.A. Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Asia-Pacific Development Society, in partnership with Ministry of Culture, Republic of China, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office present: "Documentary Views of Taiwan": A Taiwan Documentary Film Festival and Symposium at Columbia, October 11-12, 2013.
Oct. 11 (Friday), 2013
2:00-3:00 p.m.
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Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall Title: Ebb and flow 退潮 (2010) Director: Ke Chin-Yuan 柯金源 Running time: 60 min. Languages: In Mandarin Chinese; with English subtitles. Synopsis: A documentary about the traditional life style and natural environment of the fishermen living in the middle-west coaster of Taiwan. |
| 3:00-4:00 p.m. Film Screening (Open to public; Registration) |
Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall Title: Song of the forest 森之歌: 台灣土地上美妙的歌詠 (2010) Director: Ke Chin-Yuan 柯金源 Running time: 60 min. Languages: In Mandarin with English subtitles Synopsis: A documentary shows the beauty of the forest ecosystem and its history of preservation and damage in Taiwan. |
4:00-4:10 p.m. |
Break |
| 4:10-5:00 p.m. Panel (Open to public; Registration) |
Panel Discussion with The Film Director Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall Film Director: Ke Chin-Yuan 柯金源 Panelists: Jane Gaines (Lead), Guo-Juin Hong, Ru-Shou Robert Chen, Tse-lan Sang, and Shi-Yan Chao, and Murray A. Rubinsein |
| 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Invitation only) |
Opening Reception and Ceremony of Donation of of Chorographical Materials to Columbia University Location: Starr East Asian Library Reading Room, Kent Hall Remarks by: Damon E. Jaggars, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services, Columbia University Susan Yu, Director, The Taipei Cultural Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York Jane Gaines, Professor of Film, Film Division, School of the Arts Haruo Shirane, Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures Myron Cohen, Director of Weatherhead East Asian Institute |
Oct. 12 (Saturday), 2013
9:30-10:10 a.m. |
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. |
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 |
10:50-11:10 a.m. |
Q&A |
11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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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”. |
12:00-1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:30-2:10 p.m. |
Lecture by Prof. Tze-lan Deborah Sang, Michigan State University Title: Globalization Through Taiwanese Women's Documentary Lens: The Case of Ho Chao-ti |
2:10-2:50 p.m. |
Lecture by Dr. Shi-Yan Chao, INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Title: Taiwan Documentary, Transnational Perspective |
2:50-3:20 p.m. |
Q&A |
3:20-3:30 p.m. |
Break |
3:30-4:50 p.m.
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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. |
Panel Discussion with The Film Director Location: Lifetime Screening Room, 511 Dodge Hall |
Chengzhi Wang, Ph.D.
Chinese Studies Librarian
307M Kent Hall
(212) 854-3721
cw2165@columbia.edu