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Lake-Cleaning People-2

國立臺灣藝術大學 / 應用媒體藝術研究所 / Author:Mei-Wen,Huang

In recent years, the issue of environmental protection seems to be getting attractive to people’s concern around the world. Many powerful people devote their contributions vigorously; articles and reports concerning environmental protection in newspaper and magazine are getting popular nowadays. It has not only been becoming a powerful strength against the aggressiveness of developing economics in human’s modern history, but also reminds human beings reconsidering the balance between economic development and environmental protection.

In Taiwan, the government has been focusing on policy of developing economics rather than environmental protection for a long time, and it would not be surprised to see events of environmental pollution happened in these years. Environment pollution did not only destroy the beauty of this island, but also deeply threat the health of habitants in Taiwan.

For recalling the purity of heart and accomplishing the dream of vivid creek familiar in childhood, a group of volunteers in Ermei Township, Hsinchu County established an organization named “Love for Ermei Township”. All members of this organization commit to live as simple as possible day by day to practice the concept of life environmentalism. They also try to influence other habitants to love their homeland via their sincere actions.

This film is based on stories of those homeland lovers: tea farmer Sen-Chang Huang, principal of elementary school Liang-Ban Chang, photographer Tsai Yeah, pottery artist Yung-Kuo Chen and so on. Viewpoints reflected from their oral history and living experiences aim to stimulate viewers to rethink the impact of fast economic development upon environmental damage.

Instead of adding personal viewpoint, the creator tries to embrace temperance attitude to reveal the truth by creating “Lake-Cleaning people”. Creator focuses more on cultural characterization than on the social issue criticism to guide viewers to find out the profile of question depicted in this film. But what is the answer? There must be something in every viewer’s mind.