Hu Tai-Li

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Hu Tai-Li is a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker and presently the president of Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival. She has directed and produced nine documentary films, including The Return of Gods and Ancestors, Songs of Pasta’ay, Voices of Orchid Island, Passing through My Mother-in-law’s Village, Sounds of Love and Sorrow, Encountering Jean Rouch, Stone Dream, and After Passing, and Returning Souls.

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Sounds of Love and Sorrow Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Sounds of Love and Sorrow lets the eerie sounds of the Paiwan flutes including the nose flute, which legend says imitates the call of the deadly hundred-pace snake, mix in with the recollections of tribal elders and traditional tales to present a rich background of Paiwan life in Taiwan.

Stone Dream Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Stone Dream records the daily life of Liu and his family and, by means of interviews with the protagonist and his neighbours, describes the complex ethnic relationships in Taiwan, where many Chinese live who have started families with native Taiwanese.

Passing Through My Mother-in-law's Village Trailer (1997)

31 December 1997

The East-West Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts'o, and many homes and rice paddies would be destroyed.

Encountering Jean Rouch Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

This short film was shot in 2002 during Bilan du Film Ethnographic for the purpose of introducing Jean Rouch to the audience at 2003 Taiwan International Ethnographic film festival.

Songs of Pasta'ay Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

The Pasta’ay, which means "the festival of the legendary little people," is a significant ritual held every other year in the Saisiat aborigine group in Taiwan.

Returning Souls Trailer (2012)

16 October 2012

In the historically most famous ancestral house of the matrilineal Amis tribe in Taiwan, the carved pillars tell legends, such as the great flood, the glowing girl, the descending shaman sent by the Mother Sun, and the father-killing headhunting event.

Voices of Orchid Island Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Voices of Orchid Island focuses on the Yami on Orchid Island, a small island located 45 miles off the southeast coast of Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean.

The Return of Gods and Ancestors: Paiwan Five Year Ceremony Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

The Return of Gods and Ancestors is the first locally made ethnographic film in Taiwan. The film, captured with a hand-cranked Bell & Howell 16 mm camera, documents the most magnificent five-year ceremony in Paiwan tribe.