Hsieh Fu-Mei, Yami Tribe (Tao), is 33 years old and lives in Tung Ching Village in Lanyu Township in Taitung County. Since graduating from vocational high school, Hsieh has been working at the “Lan En Cultural and Educational Foundation” as an editor for the Lanyu Biweekly. Because of her job, Hsieh had the chance to make frequent contacts with tribal people, and began to develop greater interest in printed and moving images. With the invasion of outside influence, Hsieh is concerned about losing her own culture. Therefore, she started to learn to use some simple equipment to record the valuable images of her tribe, family and herself.
Filmography: 2008“Men's Ocean, Women's Calla Lily Field”; 2009“Things Men Don't know”
In my father’s memory, our family had the experience of building a 10- person boat 30 years ago. Father is now the only elder in the family fishing team. Thus, in order to leave the family fishing team a memory of boat building, Father decided to make a new boat after discussing with other members. This film records the stories…