Taiwan Docs

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The typical documentary films, describing people under colonial rule, focus on their tragic lives or their stifled outcries of oppression. A departure from this model, opening with a Taiwanese-language popular song, it returns to the scene of history with Ai-ai, a grandmother and former mega pop star. In early twentieth-century Taiwan, under Japanese colonial rule, young men and women moved to the rhythms of Western and Japanese music, dancing the waltz and foxtrot as they yearned for a fresh new world and free love.

Text Source: Taiwan Women's Film Association
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