Run Time: 4 hr 27 min l Director: Wei Te-sheng
In 1930 Taiwan, Mouna Rudo, a Seediq tribal leader, forms a coalition with the island’s other tribes to rise up against their Japanese colonial masters.We will only be screening the first 2 hours of the film.
Professor Li joined New College in 2015 and offers language courses of various levels and topical courses on modern Chinese literature and culture. Her current research focuses on self-reflexive writings in contemporary Chinese literature, with a particular interest in the process of fiction writing and its relation to identity construction. Her broader interest includes Chinese cinema, Chinese pop culture, linguistic/cultural translation and adaptation, gender politics and the representation of memory and violence in literature and film. In the future, she looks forward to offering courses on Chinese cinema, film adaptation, major fiction writers/film directors, and advanced Chinese reading courses.
About the Asian Film Series: For the 2021-2022 academic year, the Asian Film and Talk series will include six films and two dance talks/workshops. This year’s theme addresses issues related to “Identity, Community, and Family” from a diverse range of Asian perspectives, including those of Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Asian American community.