Reel Taiwan: A Selected Series of The Portrait of Hundred Occupations (1986-1991)
Before the Public Television Service was established in Taiwan, the television programs produced by the Broadcasting Development Foundation were entrusted with the mission of public education. From 1986 to 1991, eighty-five episodes of The Portrait of Hundred Occupations were made, focusing on a wide range of occupations. Through the interviews with the protagonists and documentations of their work on site, the programs introduce different jobs to the viewers, conveying the message that all work and workers are equal with the aim of reducing the class division.
This series includes various early works from Shaudi WANG, HUANG Mingchuan, KAO Chung-li, TSENG Chuang-hsiang, GAO Chun-fu and YU Chien-yu. At this year’s TIDF, fifteen episodes are selected to be shown on the first floor of the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute.