County Road 184 (2001)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 55M

Director : Ho Chao-ti

Synopsis

This film is Taiwan’s first protest music documentary, examining Jiao Gong Band 交工樂隊. Jiao Gong Band initially received attention from their efforts opposing the Meinong Dam project. After a brief pause in the Dam issue, Jiao Gong began following farm and farming issues, with their musical style quickly gaining increased popularity. This film discusses the uneasy situation faced by Taiwan’s farm youth. The youth that sets out to the city seeking to develop themselves carry feelings of homesickness from leaving their farm and land; on returning to their hometown after the bubble economy, they continue to push the elder generation to leave the village. Aside from this, because of their difficult social status, farm youth can often only search for Southeast Asian “foreign brides” when seeking marriage. Within the film, new residents (新住民) discuss their feelings and mindset in moving to Taiwan and collaborate with Jiao Gong throughout the album’s recording process.

Actors

Crews

Ho Chao-ti
Ho Chao-ti
Director
Sylvia H. Feng
Sylvia H. Feng
Producer
Yuan Hung-shu
Yuan Hung-shu
Cinematography
Wang Hsing-chung
Wang Hsing-chung
Cinematography
Chen Hsin-lung
Chen Hsin-lung
Cinematography
Chen Chang-wei
Chen Chang-wei
Cinematography
Liu Huang-wen
Liu Huang-wen
Cinematography
Ho Chao-ti
Ho Chao-ti
Cinematography
Wang Hsing-chung
Wang Hsing-chung
Editor
Li Ching-yun
Li Ching-yun
Post Production Supervisor
Tsuo Pei-hua
Tsuo Pei-hua
Executive Producer
Ho Chao-ti
Ho Chao-ti
Music
The Labor Exchange Band
The Labor Exchange Band
Music
Chen Kuan-Yu
Chen Kuan-Yu
Sound Mixer
Peng Chiao-ling
Peng Chiao-ling
Script Editor