Passing Through My Mother in laws Village, 穿過婆家村 (1997) dir. Hu Tai Li

The EastWest Highway was soon to be built in central Taiwan. It would pass through the village of Liu Ts o, and many homes and rice paddies would be destroyed. The film maker went back to her motherinlaw s village Liu Ts o, where she did anthropological research from 197678, to preserve some images of life forever. This film was shot in a natural and intimate climate. During the annual two harvests, various activities in daily life and festivals were presented in the film reflecting the villagers attitudes towards gods, ghosts, ancestors, women, farmlands, urbanization, industrialization, reclamation and resettlement. The film maker attempted to reveal the Taiwanese way of facing drastic social changes.