Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

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Overview

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.

Cast

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Self

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Self

Olivier Assayas

Self

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Self

Ai Weiwei

Self

Jia Zhangke

Other films by Hsieh Chin-Lin

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