Social movements in Taiwan documentary screening: 'The Edge of Night' 街頭》
Key information
- Date
- Time
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10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS Gallery, SOAS University of London
- Room
- BGLT
- Event type
- Film screening
About this event
This is a documentary screening on Taiwan's Sunflower Movement as part of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies event series.
Five years ago, Sheng-Han and his friends left the Wild Strawberry Movement protest camp without achieving any goals. In the later Sunflower Student Movement, they refused to accept such a dead end again that they organized the Executive Yuan occupation. Unexpectedly, it resulted in the psychological trauma and self-reflection towards the movement.
It is a coming-of-age story about young activists embedded in Taiwan’s largest-ever social movement. They walked the line, and walked in a self-consciousness process by experiencing their struggles, fears, and failures.
Schedule
This event is part of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies event series on 8 May:
- 10:00am - 12:00pm - Room BGLT, Documentary Screening 1: The Edge of Night 《街頭》by Chiang Wei-Hua
- 1:00pm - 2:50pm - Room BGLT, Documentary Screening 2: The Right Thing 《廣場》by Chiang Wei-Hua
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm - Room BGLT, Public Lecture by Dr Leon Kunz: The Sunflower Movement: Taiwan's student-led insurrection?
All SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies events are open to the public, and there is no need to register.
Meet the director
Chiang Wei-Hua
Chiang Wei-Hua is a Taiwanese independent filmmaker. Chiang received his master degree in Documentary studies at Tainan National University of the Arts.
Chiang's documentaries focus on Taiwanese youth cultures. The Right Thing 《廣場》(2010) awarded for the Best Doc-film at South Taiwan Film Festival. The Edge of Night《街頭》 (2018) was the selected competition film for the 2018 Taipei Film Festival and awarded for the Top Prize at South Taiwan Film Festival.
