The festival theme is “sovereignty” but through listening to the post-screening discussions I’ve come to see how important another, related, issue is to many of these films: inter-generational trauma. Sovereignty is key to overcoming the ongoing trauma of settler colonialism.
Tonight’s The Maribor Uprisings: A Live Participatory Film is the only film we are showing twice, because no two screenings are the same!
It was so powerful to have Awatea Mita here to talk about her mother’s landmark film on Bastion Point. “40 years on from the Bastion Point occupation: Where are we now?“
With Hong Kong in the news, I fully expect today’s screening of Last Exit to Kai Tak, which covers one year in the lives of the Umbrella movement activists, to be a big hit. But don’t miss the many other amazing films that are showing today!
The Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival (TIEFF) starts today. If you are in Taipei come over to Ximending this weekend and see 35 amazing documentary films from around the world. All films are subtitled in both English and Chinese.
Barred From Owning Land, Rural Chinese Miss Spoils of Country’s Success
Academic Dan Garrett banned from Hong Kong after testifying on city’s rights situation in US
When I saw people yelling at the NY Times on Twitter, angry that they revealed the whistle-blower’s identity, I assumed they had a good reason to do so. Turns out they did not.
Questions marginalized students should ask in selecting a doctoral program 《Some good advice for all students.》
My school, a national university located on the east coast of Taiwan, now has over one thousand international students from over fifty countries! This year my department (which offers few English-taught classes) even has a PhD student from France and an MA student from Spain.
China Wants the World to Stay Silent on Muslim Camps. It’s Succeeding
Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Is Putting Resources Into Defeating Susan Collins
Indonesia Police fire tear gas at students protesting new criminal code on pre-marital sex, graft 《Heard students were inspired by Hong Kong…》
Sanders is my first choice, but I find the idea (pushed by some supporters) that he’s going to be some kind of grassroots organizer after getting elected president…laughable. If that’s the plan, he should work to elect Warren so he can devote himself to organizing!
My (33F) husband’s (35M) career in academic philosophy is ruining our marriage 《Her husband is a Hegelian, she’s a physicist》
Bernie Sanders: As Trump meets with India’s Modi, a reminder to put human rights at center of U.S. foreign policy 《The difference between Bernie and Tulsi couldn’t be starker》
China’s chilling ‘concentration camp’ footage 《Still tankies out there gaslighting us by claiming it’s HK protesters who are the real Fascists…》