God Family

神氣家族

When the expensive copper leads are stolen from the Lin’s family in Kaohsiung, everyone starts to panic and wants to catch the thief. Even the grand daughter, who hardly comes home, becomes a member of the squad. To her surprise, though, the family is asking deities to help the family look for the leads and the thief. After the weird experience of watching the grandmother talking to the deities, the grand daughter feels obliged to make a film about the stories between the Lin’s family and the deities.

Region of Origin

Year of Release

2005

Duration

48 minutes

Format

Betacam, Color

Directors

Shirley Lin

Shirley Lin, who used to be an advertiser, began getting training course in film from 2003, and became a director of documentary films. In 2006 she was nominated in the Council for Hakka Affairs, Executive Yuan, Republic of China's “Dream Maker” project. She has brought her own documentary film across Thailand, Indonesia, and Mainland China. She also brought the films back to the place where she made these films and showed the film to those people who appear in the film.