Passing Through My Mother-in-Law's Village

"The East-West 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 filmmaker, Hu Tai-Li, went back to her mother-in-law's village Liu Ts'o, where she did anthropological research from 1976-78, to preserve some images of life at that moment - 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 that reflected the villagers' attitudes towards gods, ghosts, ancestors, women, farmlands, urbanization, industrialization, reclamation and resettlement. Through these shorts, the filmmaker attempted to reveal the Taiwanese way of facing drastic social changes. [...]"
(DER - Documentary Educational Resources)