Huang Hui-zhen
Huang Hui-zhen (born 1978) is a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker.
Early life
[edit]At the age of 6, Huang began participating in traditional funeral ceremonies known as Qian Wang Ge Zhen (the Soul-guiding Singing Array) with her mother. Due to her father's long-term domestic violence, her mother took kids away from home. Huang dropped out of school in the third grade and joined her mother in performing funeral rituals across Taiwan to make a living.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1998, Taiwanese filmmaker Yang Li-zhou made a documentary about young girls involved in funeral processions, with the 20-year-old Huang as one of the subjects. During the filming, she learned what a documentary was. Huang bought a small home video camera to document her own life. She took a documentary filmmaking course at the New Taipei City Luzhou Community University and became actively involved in social movements.[2]
During her involvement in social activism, Huang created two short documentaries about foreign laborers, Hospital Wing 8 East and Uchan Is Going Home (Chinese: 烏將要回家). At the same time, she kept filming her family, sharing her mother and her story. The Priestess Walks Alone and Small Talk are short and feature-length documentary about their story.[3]
Social participation
[edit]In 2016, she participated in the second public hearing on legalizing same-sex marriage organized by the Judicial and Legal Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan, where she spoke about her personal family experiences and her support for marriage equality.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Short
[edit]- Hospital Wing 8 East (2006)
- Uchan Is Going Home (2009)
- The Priestess Walks Alone (2016)[4]
Feature
[edit]- Small Talk (2016)[5]
- Loma-Our Home (in progress)[6]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Awards | Category | Name | Outcome | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Labor Film Award | International workers Award | Uchan Is Going Home | Premium | [7] |
| 2016 | South Award | Jury's Award | The Priestess Walks Alone | Won | [8] |
| Human Rights Award | The Priestess Walks Alone | Won | |||
| 53rd Golden Horse Awards | Best Documentary | Small Talk | Nominated | ||
| Best Film Editing | Jessica Lin Wan-yu | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Berlin International Film Festival | Teddy Award for Best Documentary | Small Talk | Won | |
| 17th Chinese Film Media Awards | Best Film | Small Talk | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "【一鏡到底】進不了小學的人 導演黃惠偵專訪之一". 鏡週刊 Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "【一鏡到底】牽亡的人 導演黃惠偵專訪之二". 鏡週刊 Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ monthly, BIOS. "用一輩子，換拍一家庭紀錄片——專訪《日常對話》導演黃惠偵 ｜ BIOS monthly". www.biosmonthly.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ Lin, Sherry (August 27, 2018). "What My Lesbian Mother Taught Me: An Interview with Director Huang Hui-chen". The Taiwan Gazette. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "片單介紹 (日常對話)" [List of Films (Small Talk)]. Women Make Waves International Film Festival (in Chinese). Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Wu, Wan-Ting (February 20, 2018). "黃惠偵自曝撈獎趣事 受海關關切 - 自由娛樂" [Huang Hui-zhen reveals interesting story about winning prize and concern by customs department]. Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "《指認》紀錄短片製作企劃｜黃惠偵｜國藝會補助成果檔案庫". archive.ncafroc.org.tw. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ 精選書摘 (2017-10-11). "《我和我的T媽媽》：在那個分割成兩半的房間裡，藏著一個祕密". The News Lens 關鍵評論網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-11-12.