首屆TIDF傑出貢獻獎得主「綠色小組(19861990)」,被認為是台灣解嚴前後最重要的非主流媒體,成員當時以電子攝影機,記錄下風起雲湧的各種社會運動,包含政治、環保、農運、勞工、原住民、外省老兵等議題,用身體和鏡頭捕捉真相,突破主流媒體的資訊封鎖,成為一代人的啟蒙,留下了約3,000小時的珍貴歷史影像。

除了記錄拍攝之外,受到各種政治干擾和壓迫的他們,以簡易快速的方式製作影片,發行錄影帶,並於社會運動、選舉場合播映銷售,後期甚至成立電視台,力求透過傳播告訴民眾真相;本次回顧精選21部代表作品,影片排序依照事件發生時間,以呈現當時社會運動的連動關係。

30年後的現在,如果紀錄有顏色,是否能透過重新爬梳、整理、放映、觀看,帶出「綠色」所代表的影像語言、立場、觀點、精神。本次回顧,不只是台灣現代紀錄片起點的探尋,更重要的是,透過這些影片理解過去,我們才有能力看見未來。

 

共同策劃:台灣綠色小組影像紀錄永續協會

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Green TV's Inaugural Film

For a long time the KMT government has held a monopoly over Taiwan’s TV channels, using the lack of channel bandwidth as an excuse for its stranglehold. During the build-up to the elections at the end of 1989, Green Team set up a satellite transmission channel on its own, poking a hole in the KMT’s argument.

From the Lifting of Martial Law to the National Security Act

After the DPP was officially formed in 1986, the government on the one hand announced its willingness to lift martial law and the ban on political parties, yet on the other hand wished to supplant these restrictions with a National Security Act. Opposition parties demanded a full return to rule according to the constitution. This film documents their struggle before martial law was lifted.

The Freedom to Return Home

In the 1980s, the KMT regime had relocated to Taiwan for over thirty years. The mainland Chinese soldiers who arrived with its troops never stopped being homesick but were deprived of the rights to even write a letter home. A group of veterans founded the Association for Mainlanders’ Homecoming, demanding their basic human rights to return home and visit their family.

Lukang Residents' Anti-DuPont Movement

In 1985, US company DuPont received permission from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to set up a titanium dioxide plant near Lukang, Changhua County. The local residents held a series of protests against the plan, even one in front of the presidential office. This rising community consciousness, combined with a growing environmental awareness, ultimately drove DuPont out of the region.

September, Last Year (Lin Cheng-chieh's Street Protests)

On 3 September 1986, the Taipei District Court disregarded LIN Cheng-chieh’s legislative immunity and sentenced him to eighteen months in prison on charges of defamation. LIN decided not to challenge the ruling; he broke through police barricades and angrily threw a bell towards the presidential office, signifying the death knell of justice. He then began a 12-day protest on the streets.

The Battle between Shui Yuan Village and LCY Chemical Corp.

On 27 February 1987, residents of Shui Yuan Village barricaded the front gate of LCY Chemical Corp factory, who was polluting the groundwater. On the 100th day of their protest, Hsinchu Mayor promised to have police stationed there. But the factory tried to secretly ship out their product. Pushed to the limit, the villagers built a wall with concrete and vowed never to be fooled again.

The 20th May Incident

protest against the government’s indifference to farmers’ rights. Some farmers clashed with the police when trying to enter for restroom. Several were arrested, leading to fiercer clashes. Protesters demanding the release of the arrested were dispersed with baton and water cannon.

Fighting the Fifth Naphtha Cracker Plant

This film was produced for a briefing to the Ministry of Economic Affairs by the people of Houjin opposing China Petroleum Company’s fifth naphtha cracker plant. It brings together scenes of pollutions caused by the CPC over the previous year, interviews of the people affected, and footage of a series of protests, including that of the residents carrying coffins to the CPC facilities.

To Win, You Must Fight (Miaoli Bus Drivers' Protest)

On 1 July 1988, the government announced a nationwide increase for intercity bus fares to fully implement the Labour Standards Act. In protest of their employer, who tried to pocket the extra profit, members of the Miaoli Transportation Union began a 23-day drivers’ strike in August. The Union’s demands were eventually accepted. It was the first legal strike in Taiwanese labour history.

No Congressional Re-Election, No Hope for Taiwan

Since the relocation of the KMT regime to Taiwan in 1949, the existing 1,300 KMT officials who fled China continued to hold office in Taiwan. Only 180 new seats were created. Taiwan’s ‘Non Re-elected Congress’ was an international political anomaly. The will of the people converged into a powerful force that began rapidly driving the country towards total congressional re-election.

What's the Colour for Documentary? The 30th Anniversary of Green Team

Winner of the first TIDF Outstanding Contribution Award, Green Team (1986-1990) is regarded the most important non-mainstream media in the period prior to and after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan. With early electronic video camera, its members documented the waves of social movements, including political, environmental, farmer, labour, indigenous and Chinese mainlander veteran movements during the period. Through their lens and physical involvements, they captured the truth of these events, broke through the news blackout by mainstream media, and inspired younger generations with their legacy of three thousand hours of rare historical footage.

Simultaneously facing political interference and repression, Green Team made documentary films in the easiest and quickest way and sent out VHS tapes to be screened and sold at venues of social movements or election rallies. They even set up their own TV station in their later years, broadcasting the truth to people blinded by mainstream media. Twenty-one of their films are included in this retrospective, listed in chronological order to present the interrelations among the social movements occurring at the time.

If there is a colour for documentary, can we rediscover the visual language, position, perspective and spirit of Green Team through sorting, arranging, screening and viewing their works almost thirty years later? This retrospective is not only a search for the origin of modern Taiwanese documentary, but also, more importantly, an attempt to understand the past and see the future.

 

Co-curator: Taiwan Green Team Documentary Film Association

Films

A Historic Misunderstanding?

A Historic Misunderstanding?

1990
Taiwan
18min
綠色小組
Green Team

Breaking News of 29th March

Breaking News of 29th March

1988
Taiwan
8min
綠色小組
Green Team

Far Eastern Textile Workers' Strike

Far Eastern Textile Workers' Strike

1989
Taiwan
85min
綠色小組
Green Team

Fighting the Fifth Naphtha Cracker Plant

Fighting the Fifth Naphtha Cracker Plant

1988
Taiwan
19min
綠色小組
Green Team

From the Lifting of Martial Law to the National Security Act

From the Lifting of Martial Law to the National Security Act

1987
Taiwan
64min
綠色小組
Green Team

Green TV's Inaugural Film

Green TV's Inaugural Film

1989
Taiwan
11min
綠色小組
Green Team

Green TV's Inaugural Film

Green TV's Inaugural Film

1989
Taiwan
11min
綠色小組
Green Team

Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Peoples

1989
Taiwan
19min
綠色小組
Green Team

Labour's Battle Song (Laid-off Shinkong Textile Workers' Protest)

Labour's Battle Song (Laid-off Shinkong Textile Workers' Protest)

1988
Taiwan
50min
綠色小組
Green Team

Lukang Residents' Anti-DuPont Movement

Lukang Residents' Anti-DuPont Movement

1987
Taiwan
53min
綠色小組
Green Team

Military in Power, No Hope of Democracy

Military in Power, No Hope of Democracy

1990
Taiwan
13min
綠色小組
Green Team

No Congressional Re-Election, No Hope for Taiwan

No Congressional Re-Election, No Hope for Taiwan

1988
Taiwan
26min
綠色小組
Green Team

R.O.C. Government, Return Our Land!

R.O.C. Government, Return Our Land!

1989
Taiwan
23min
綠色小組
Green Team

September, Last Year (Lin Cheng-chieh's Street Protests)

September, Last Year (LIN Cheng-chieh's Street Protests)

1987
Taiwan
24min
綠色小組
Green Team

The 20th May Incident

The 20th May Incident

1988
Taiwan
69min
綠色小組
Green Team

The Battle between Shui Yuan Village and LCY Chemical Corp.

The Battle between Shui Yuan Village and LCY Chemical Corp.

1987
Taiwan
33min
綠色小組
Green Team

The Freedom to Return Home

The Freedom to Return Home

1987
Taiwan
85min
綠色小組
Green Team

The New Wave of Opposition Movements

The New Wave of Opposition Movements

1988
Taiwan
25min
綠色小組
Green Team

The Taoyuan Airport Incident

The Taoyuan Airport Incident

1986
Taiwan
61min
綠色小組
Green Team

To Die for Taiwan (Cheng Nan-jung's Funeral Procession and Chan I-hua's Self-Immolation)

To Die for Taiwan (Cheng Nan-jung's Funeral Procession and Chan I-hua's Self-Immolation)

1989
Taiwan
61min
綠色小組
Green Team

To Win, You Must Fight (Miaoli Bus Drivers' Protest)

To Win, You Must Fight (Miaoli Bus Drivers' Protest)

1988
Taiwan
50min
綠色小組
Green Team

Why Aren’t You Angry (Wild Lily Movement)

Why Aren’t You Angry (Wild Lily Movement)

2016
Taiwan
65min
綠色小組
Green Team
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