The Taiwanese philosopher-filmmaker James T. Hong (*1972) work: “Three Arguments about the Opium-War” (2015) is an inquiry into the competing narratives and contradictory logics embedded into what constitutes “history”. The dual-channel film juxtaposes footage of sites from the historical Opium Wars with contemporary views of Hong Kong’s harbor and cityscape. Each channel is accompanied by textual components: the war sites are overlaid with distanced narration describing how certain socio-political conditions pave the way for colonization, as well as the impossibility of any population having the same uniform political views. The recent Hong Kong footage features text justifying the British colonization of China, focusing on opium as a fitting punishment for perceived Chinese transgressions.
"Holland Road, located off NY Route 5 in between the town of Angola and Evangola State Park, is more frequently known as "Pigman Road" and it has been at the forefront of Western New York folklore for decades.
A people's struggle to save the animal at the heart of their culture. For centuries the Bunong indigenous people on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border lived with elephants, believing they shared the same destiny.
As he is going to save a princess imprisoned in the dungeon of an evil sorcerer, Tarim understands that he is the main character of a movie, and decides to fight against the special effects.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life.
