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Review: Family Variations: The Communication of Images Across Class, Gender, and Cultural Lines

Lin, Wen-Ling Festival Director (translated by Chris Findler) The 2005 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival (TIEFF) is being held with the goals of using images to popularize ethnography and to educate the viewers about this intriguing subject. This year, we continue in the spirit of past festivals in our planning and implementation to achieve the objective of using the media…

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Review: Family Variations~The Wonders of the Ethnographic Film Festival~Introduction

by Hu, Tai- Li (President, Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival) “Everyone is searching for home sweet home. Should I be any different?” asks aboriginal folk singer Kimbo in the documentary “Kimbo in a Flash” by Taiwan Public Television aboriginal reporters Halugu and Kaleh. Hearing my old friend Kimbo talk about the many setbacks and difficulties in his life, I almost…