6/11/2023 0 Comments Seediq bale part 1 downloadWould the film’s take on tribal politics satisfy a historian? A historian would probably be impressed without being able to accept the film as history. Mona Rudao hates the Toda chief Temu Walis more than he hates the Japanese, and his hatred is more enduring. This subjective history includes a knowledge of tribal politics and more basically of the Seediq worldview, of Seediq belief.įirst, what I’m calling “tribal politics,” with no disrespect or evaluation whatsoever intended in the use of the term “tribal.” It’s true that Mona Rudao and other indigenous characters in the film have a concept of the Japanese as an “alien race” or “foreign tribe.” Yet primarily Mona Rudao’s political world in the film remains one of territorial tribal alliances and antagonisms, involving in particular Toda and Tkdaya Seediq and to a lesser extent the Truku. I take him to mean that he wants to transport us back in time and give us subjective perspectives, mostly indigenous perspectives, on the Wushe Incident. In assessing Seediq Bale’s historical accuracy it’s helpful to distinguish between subjective and objective: between 1) immediate, indigenous perspectives on history as it unfolds as current event on the one hand, and 2) distantiated, contextualized interpretations of historians on the other hand.Īt a promotional event I attended, the director Wei Te-sheng said he wanted the audience to forget everything that has happened since 1930. Child warrior Pawan Nawi and Chief Mona Rudao
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