Taiwan Black Movies
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This incisive documentary brings back to life a Taiwanese film genre that was given up for dead. In the early 1980s, a time of strict censorship and political repression in Taiwan, an unexpected trend in “social realist” crime films suddenly flourished in the corner of exploitation cinema. However, ...(Read more)
This incisive documentary brings back to life a Taiwanese film genre that was given up for dead. In the early 1980s, a time of strict censorship and political repression in Taiwan, an unexpected trend in “social realist” crime films suddenly flourished in the corner of exploitation cinema. However, the “social realism” here is a euphemistic description for what is really a B-film genre, which exploited both sex and violence. Given momentum by sensational dramas featuring female avengers, these films marked an interesting counterpoint to the rise of Taiwan New Cinema, the definitive new wave movement in Taiwan's film history.
This documentary comprises fragments from many of these now untraceable films, alongside interviews with the filmmakers who were involved.
Available Formats: DVD, Blu-ray and DCP
| Chinese title： | 台灣黑電影 |
| Year： | 2005 |
| Director： | HOU Chi-Jan |
| Duration： | 61min |
| Length： | Feature |
| Category： | Documentary |
| Theme： | History、2020 Program: Live on the Scene: Taiwan’s Martial Law History |
| Color： | Color |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Stereo |
| Language： | Mandarin, Taiwanese |
| Subtitle： | Chinese, English |
| Producer： | Kelly Yuan-Ling YANG, Autumn CHEN |
Camera： |
Aozaru SHIAO |
| Editor： | CHEN Po-Wen, HOU Chi-Jan |
| Excluded for public screenings： | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China (not including Hong Kong, Macau) |
| Royalty period： | 2015 - Dec 31, 2025 |
| Licensing contact： | Non-profit screenings please contact Taiwan Cinema Toolkit: toolkit@mail.tfi.org.tw Regarding to commercial screenings please contact HOU Chi-Jan, Strawberry Time Films |
| Festival list： | 2005 Taipei Film Festival 2005 Tokyo International Film Festival 2005 Golden Horse Awards, nominated for Best Documentary 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam |
