Description
Available in the United States from March 18–27 for up to 500 views
Stream it Here: https://watch.eventive.org/dceff30/play/6227b4f92664e8008916b9a3
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpP_FJAKwWs
Depicting a gorgeous bird’s-eye view of Taiwan’s stunning natural landscape, this film set box office records in Taiwan and won the Best Documentary award at the 2013 Golden Horse Awards. The film proves why the Portuguese explorers who landed on the island in the 1500s immediately named it ilha formosa (beautiful island). But the documentary’s wonderful aerial photography also carries a message about how the island’s landscape is being mistreated. The beauty of Taiwan’s untouched areas is contrasted with images of mountainsides eroded by development and by large-scale farming and coastlines polluted by industry. As director Chi Po-lin said, “I am not here to judge, because I understand there is a price to pay to live the way we do right now. But each of us must stop pretending that all this destruction is not happening.” (Dir.: Chi Po-lin, Taiwan, 2013, 93 min., Mandarin with English subtitles)
Images courtesy of the Chi Polin Foundation
Cost
Free
