Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

The Light

Huang Shu-mei 2008 Taiwan Documentary color 37min Chinese, Taiwanese Beta
In a living room full of memories of her late husband, blind Chun-mei sits alone listening to the radio, making jewelry out of colorful beads. She receives a regular visit from Miao-fang, an elderly neighbor who is also blind. Beneath their casual conversion under the afternoon sun are deeper concerns about their futures.

Director

Huang Shu-mei

Huang Shu-mei was born in the Peihe township of Tainan county in 1969. She is a graduate of the department of radio, television of the World College of Journalism. In 1990, she joined the Fullshot Communication Studio, assisting field interviews for documentary films. In 1991, she started her own documentary projects and promoted the Fullshot’s documentary films in communities across Taiwan in the following year. Her works include “Wang Bao-tzi”, “Tsao-ching”, “Vegetables and their families” (of living image series), “Tsuei Ma-ma service center”(of visiting community series), “An Encounter with Chungliao” (of the post-921 earthquake reconstruction) and "Formosa Dream, Disrupted."(also of the post-921 earthquake reconstruction)

Huang Shu-mei

王保子

曹慶

植物人與他的家人

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Producer: Tasing CHIU

DIrector: Shu-Mei HUANG

Cinematographer: Shu-Mei HUANG

Editor: Hui-Ping CHEN

Music: Bach, Prelude No. 1 in C Major

Language: Chinese, Taiwanese

Shu-Mei HUANG

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