Taiwanese Documentary Film between Atrocity and Hope

Digital Lecture

The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University invites to this online lecture with Prof. Dr. Lawrence Z. Yang, National Yang Ming-Chiao Tung University. Contextualizing four documentary films selected for this series against Taiwan’s emerging movements of environmentalism, judicial reform, indigenous renaissance, and decolonization, the talk will highlight how the documentary film form has evolved from propaganda weapon into a powerful artistic medium with which Taiwan’s civil society envision its future beyond military exigency and developmental imperatives.

Find more information on the event here.


Organizer: Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University