Foreign Films and Film Culture Commentary: The Ladies in the Taiwanese Directors' Chairs

You know, this summer here at MM Blog, we've been talking a lot about the ladies and the cinema. Now here's a look at it from a Taiwanese angle.

Taiwanese moviemaking isn't completely a boys' club -- check out Taiwan's "Women Make Waves Film Festival" and the work of four women directors.

Here's a blurb about the founder:

Professor Yu Shan Huang founded Taiwan's Women Make Waves Film Festival to give female directors a platform to showcase their work. Her The Song of Chatain Mountain forms part of the festival. The film depicts the intellectual tyranny of Taiwan's Japanese occupiers before and during World War 2.