TAIPEI 101: A TRAVELOGUE OF SYMPTOMS (SENSITIVE VERSION)
Director, Writer: James T. Hong
Year of Production: 2004
Production format: DVCAM
Language: English, Some Mandarin
Length: 23 minutes
Synopsis: In TAIPEI 101: A TRAVELOGUE OF SYMPTOMS an Asian-American encounters the semblant operations of Americanization on a pilgrimage to Taiwan. He discovers that Taipei 101 -- currently the world's tallest building -- Taiwan's culture, and his own consciousness are indelibly marked by globalization, America, capitalism, and the transnational power of white men.
Selected screenings:
Film Arts Festival
Roxie Theatre, San Francisco, USA, 2004
Other Cinema
San Francisco, USA, 2004
Taiwan International Documentary Festival,
Taipei, Taiwan, 2004
Peep Show at The Big Top,
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2005
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
San Francisco, USA, 2005
Urban Nomad 4, Taipei, Taiwan, March 25, 2005
Punk Philosopher Award
Screening throughout Taiwan
Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival /
Visual Communications Film Festival, 2005
Chicago Asian American Film Festival,
April, 2005
Asian Film Festival of Dallas
2005 Short Film Festival,
Dallas, Texas, 2005
Boston Asian American Film Festival,
Boston, Massachusett, 2005
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival,
Smithsonian National Museum of American History,
Washington DC, 2005
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon, 2006
Eslite Bookstore,
October, 2006, Taipei, Taiwan
--SCREENING BANNED--
Lens Politica
Helsinki, Finland, 2007