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Cheng Li-Ming

MATA - The Island's Gaze

    RELEASE

    2017-03-18

    BUGET

    N/A

    LENGTH

    52 min

    Description

    Scottish photographer John Thomson's trip to Taiwan in 1871 left an important mark in the history. This film reinterprets the event via a photo of a hunter, taking the audience to the Siraya tribe to meet WAN, a tribe elder who knows how to sing and talk. Through his intriguing words and songs, WAN leads us back to the past as he plucks the strings.

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