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    Morning! Stories of breast cancer patients in Taiwan

    Amy Wen 2000 Taiwan Documentary color 34min Chinese Betacam
    Women's breasts have been the symbol for motherhood , sexual attraction, and life. What happen if suddenly she discovers a tumor in the breast and even if she cut it off, she doesn't even know if she will see tomorrow's sun... The documentary talks about five breast cancer patients who overcome their fear for the disease and then turn around to help the others who are in the same situation. With the camera, not only we witness their fights for their own lives, but also how they bring hopes and strengths to the other women.

    Director

    Amy Wen

    Amy Wen, a freelancer who has worked 10 years for documentary filmmaking in the independent film production. She not only makes films but also TV programs and documentaries for foundations and organizations. Her films consider from the development of community to health and medical treatment. Most of them, such as “Womb Arena”, “Up, Stand up! A Tale of Citizen Initiative in Two communities”, and "Morinig! Stories of Breast Cancer Patients in Taiwan”, express her care of the society and local community, which makes them popular in relevant organizations or schools as the material for discussion. Since 2006, Amy has started to write and make feature films. Although her first feature film, “The Way We Write”, was only shown few times in Taiwan, it were invited by many international film festivals, which contributes to her new role— the judge of short films in 2007 Women’s Film Festival in Seoul. In the future, Amy Wen would like to expand her vision from the locals to the world and history.

    Amy Wen

    2008 Miss you from the orange county

    2006 The Way We Write

    2005 Comaus & Cactus

    2003 Stronger, You? - Stories of schizophrenia

    2001 Moming Madam! Stories of Breast Cancer Sunivors.....

    2000 Up, Stand up ! A Tale of Citizen Initiative in Two communities.

    1999 Womb Arena

     
     

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