Highway Prose

Highway Prose

Thomas Tang • 2021

Duration: 00:17:19
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: Chinese, English
Country/Region: Mainland China, Taiwan

Taiwan Cycling Angel is the only public welfare activity on both sides of the Taiwan Strait that uses cycling as a carrier. Under the leadership of the founder Yang Minzhong, a group of college student volunteers from the mainland was convened and selected to go to Taiwan to assist 26 disadvantaged junior high school students from remote areas to travel around Taiwan Island and go cycling to the mainland.

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

2022 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

Thomas Tang

Thomas Tang

Director

The pre-shooting of this documentary was completed by myself alone. During the shooting process of more than two months, I independently undertook the duties of director, photography, and recording. This documentary describes the story of a group of college students from the mainland leading impoverished junior high school students in remote mountainous areas of Taiwan to ride for charity from Taiwan all the way to Shanghai. Due to some special reasons, I had to take on multiple roles, and I kept tense and sharp all the time during the shooting period. During the shooting process, I trained my “perception” ability to a large extent. There is a Japanese haiku I like very much, called “Ancient Pond” , the frog jumped into the water, and there was a sound." I personally think that the documentary is the frog jumping into the water in the pond, and the sound is the little ripples of the movie as a dream.

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