Unfinished Progress
2017-06-29 | 104 minutes
Plot Summary
Giraffe-like construction cranes are avid eaters. They forage around in the woods and fields for their feeds: the collective longing for development and prosperity. As they crane their necks longer, they make the fantasy of progress more alluring. And that is what Chung-Ming Wang steps forward to fight. Left his stable life behind, he devoted himself into local environmentalism in his hometown Tamsui(Danshui), tried to keep it distant from developmentalism that Taipei had been suffered for long. Few years later, he decided to change his way of political participation. This documentary film depicts his third attempt to run in the City Council Election in 2014, including the difficulties and conflicts he encounters and the diverse imaginations toward progress. The film also tries to brings up an important question: do we need more edifices in our city, or we need to find a way to edify ourselves?
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Steal This Film
-
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
-
The Corporation
-
My Life with the Wave
-
When a City Rises
-
Lessons in Dissent
-
The Yes Men
-
China vs USA: Empires at War
-
America: Freedom to Fascism
-
Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution
-
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
-
Redwood Summer
-
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election
-
Police State IV: The Rise of FEMA
-
Reflections and Warnings: An Interview with Aaron Russo
-
Do Not Split
-
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
-
Bill Hicks: United States of Advertising
-
Police State II: The Take Over
-
Police State III: Total Enslavement