Taiwan Docs

The typhoon Moracot shattered the tribes in the mountains, damaged the road for transportation, and made the aboriginal people homeless because of the monstrous floods and landslides. After the catastrophe, farms became barren; the road damaged. Due to the weakly organized reconstruction plan of the government, they were forced to move into the prefabricated houses which are miles away from home.

The seventy-four-year- old Cina ALIS is one of the few Bunun natives who refused to move into the prefabricated houses which were provided by the insensitive charity organizations for free. As a matter of fact, the tribe of Cina ALIS and her native people has been evicted and replaced for six times by different authorities. They had moved for five times since 1939 under the Japanese reign, and their reluctant migration had started in the deep of the Central Mountains Range. Each time they moved, they settled down closely to the lower mountain zone. But this time Cina ALIS and her son won’t consent to the deal to live in “the land belonged to other people.” They currently had been living in a town near Hucida, and they hope they will be able to go home one day.

Source: Taiwan Women's Film Association
http://www.wmw.com.tw/en/data_content.php?Imovie_id=988