Atayal film recounts ancient migration and modern conflicts (fwd link)

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Atayal film recounts ancient migration and modern conflicts

Publication Date：06/17/2011
Source： Taiwan Today
By  Kwangyin Liu

Long shots of foggy hills and cabbage fields crisscrossed with muddy
paths can be seen in the remote background. A middle-aged man, forlorn
and confused, meanders through the mist, in search of a destination
unknown.

This dreamy scene sets the tone of the film “Everlasting Moments,”
which depicts an Atayal journey spanning hundreds, or perhaps
thousands, of years. It is also the fruit of Chen Wen-pin’s 10
year-effort to make Taiwan’s first feature film in the indigenous
Atayal language. The title of the film underscores the transience of
worldly things and the permanence of the afterlife, in accordance with
Atayal beliefs.

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