The National Human Rights Museum screened two award-winning films Dec. 21 at Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City to celebrate works by Taiwanese artists exploring history and human rights.
The movies won the top two prizes in the Open Category at the Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival’s inaugural film awards, the Ministry of Culture said.
The winning work, Sophie Shui’s “The Taste of Pork Belly,” conveys the political atmosphere and poverty of the 1960s and takes inspiration from the director’s family experiences.
“The Treasure Seeker,” a short documentary directed by Sun Xiao-tong and Chiang Huan-min, depicts a researcher delving into the life and art of woodblock printing artist Huang Rong-can. Huang died in the White Terror, a period of suppression and prosecution of political dissidents under martial law in Taiwan between 1945 and 1992.
According to the ministry, two screenings of human rights movies had been held at the memorial park earlier this month. The first, on Dec. 7, focused on issues of justice and human dignity and showed “Where’d My Brother Go?” and “Ash,” while the second, on Dec. 14, presented “Between Farewells and New Beginnings” and “A Better Place,” both of which are concerned with vulnerable groups within society. (POC-E)
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