How Was History Wounded

In 1989, martial law had been lifted for over a year. The filmmakers take as their main thread the interviewers of three media people who are film editors and whose identities are kept hidden, for a discussion on the political attitudes of the Taiwan media towards the Tienanmen Incident of June 4, 1989. On the other hand, with the May 20 Demonstration of 1988, Taiwan’s three TV cavered covered the farmers illegal elements bent on violence. Through the juxtaposition of the two sides, the filmmakers render a clear comparison of the explanations given by officialdom in defense of handling of the incidents on their respective sides.