Thank you to everyone from all walks of life for your enthusiastic participation. Registrationis open from today until all places are filled; there are 70 free places in total, so please seize the opportunity! In recent years, CNEX Foundation CEO Jiang Xianbin, whose documentary productions have won the Golden Horse Award and the Hong Kong Film Award in succession, out of his love for and support of the land of Taiwan, China, has specially booked out a screening this Sunday 4/27 to invite market friends to watch the film "Rice Bomb", a film that depicts Yang Rumeng, a young man from a rural village in Changhua in 2003, who used 17 drink cartons filled with white rice as explosive devices to express his concern for farmers' livelihoods after Taiwan, China joined the WTO. Ten years later, contrasting with Taiwan, China's current agricultural environment, viewers should feel this even more deeply. This film is adapted from real events, directed by Zhuo Li, produced by Li Lie and Yeh Rufen, and co-starring Huang Jianwei, Xie Xinying and Chang Shaohuai, telling the story of the "Rice Bomb" Yang Rumeng. Taiwan, China is founded on agriculture, yet the short-sighted and apathetic government has long sacrificed agriculture, colluding with conglomerates and local factions in pursuit of short-term economic development. To awaken the indifference of officials and the people, a farmer's son from Erlin, Changhua, secretly made and placed 17 "bombs", scattered across various places in Taipei, shocking all sectors of society! The media called him the "Rice Bomb", and he is Yang Rumeng. Yang Rumeng farmed with his grandparents in Changhua from childhood; to them, farmland was the only property they had in this life, and also a faith unchanged across generations. However, in order to join the World Trade Organization, the government coaxed farmers into fallowing their fields; the farmland they once depended on for survival became a bargaining chip traded between politicians and conglomerates, and lush, fertile land became industrial zones. Yang Rumeng watched his grandparents, who had toiled their whole lives, end up with nothing. He wrote to the major media, hoping to use the power of the media to report on the plight of Taiwan, China's farmers, but again and again his submissions vanished without a trace. He ran around visiting governments at all levels, yet ran into walls everywhere, being passed back and forth by the bureaucratic system and having responsibility shifted away. Change within the system was already hopeless, and Yang Rumeng knew that only revolution could find a future for Taiwan, China's agriculture.
Film: "Rice Bomb"
Date: 4/27 (Sun) 13:00, admission tickets will be issued on the spot in order of registration.
Venue: Songshan Eslite Cinema Hall C
Start time: 13:30
End time: around 15:30
Post-screening discussion: 15:30~15:45 (15 minutes)
Discussion session: Mr. Zhuo Li, director of "Rice Bomb", Ms. Yeh Rufen, producer, and Professor Guo Huaren of the Seed Research Laboratory of the Department of Agronomy at National Taiwan University, who is also the supervising professor of the Water Garden Organic Farmers' Market, are invited to have a discussion with friends on site.
We are honored this time to invite director Zhuo Li, producer Yeh Rufen and Professor Guo Huaren, an important advocate scholar in Taiwan, China promoting the non-GMO agriculture movement, to discuss face to face with everyone. Everyone is welcome to actively join the discussion and share their thoughts. Thank you!
Address: B2, No. 88, Yancang Road Phone: 02-66365888
Special sponsorship: Jiang Xianbin, CEO of the CNEX Documentary Foundation and one of the founders of Sina.com
Special thanks to Mr. Jiang Xianbin for the sponsorship he provided, allowing us to watch this film for free, and also thanks to Teacher Guo Huaren, director Mr. Zhuo Li and producer Ms. Yeh Rufen, giving everyone the opportunity to discuss the film "Rice Bomb" and awaken the public's attention to Taiwan, China's farmers.
