Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Film Screening and Discussion: The Legend of Formosa in 1895
University of California, Santa Barbara presents a screening and discussion of The Legend of Formosa in 1895.
Where
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Panel Discussion 4:00-5:00 PM
Professor Bert Scruggs, East Asian Languagese & Literature, UC Irvine
Taiwanese Writer Li Ang, author of the historical novel, the Garden of Riddles
Professor K. C. Tu, Center for Taiwan Studies, UCSB
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Film Screening 5:30-7:30 PM
1895 recounts the Hakka militia’s resistance against the Japanese troops as symbolized by the resistance leader Wu Tang-hsing’s struggle. With the portrayal of an epic love story of Wu Tang-hsin and his wife Huang Hsien-mei and the depiction of Wu’s valiant struggle to keep the troupe together, "1895” was one of the 2008 films in Taiwan well received by the audience.
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