Watch Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) Online Free
With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.
Cast
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Olivier Assayas, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ai Weiwei, Jia Zhangke, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shu Kei, Ying Liang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Tadanobu Asano, Tsai Ming-liang
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