Description
Based on true events and characters, THE RICE BOMBER chronicles a series of bombing incidents in Taiwan that occurred a decade ago. As he witnesses the impact of Taiwan’s membership into the World Trade Organization on its agricultural population, Yang Rumen (Ru) plants 17 rice bombs in North Taiwan to raise the government’s awareness of the farmer’s struggles.
Director's Bio
Cho Li, a producer-turned-director, graduated with M.S. degree in Radio/TV/Film from the Indiana State University. After producing critically acclaimed films with producer Yeh Jufeng, she turns her career to directing, in the hope of developing multi-faceted genre films with her unique point-of-view. The suspense feature length ZOOM HUNTING (AAIFF’10) marks a promising directing debut. THE RICE BOMBER is her latest work, which is selected in the panorama section of Berlinale 2014.
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