Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

ADVANCE MOVIE TRAILER

A Los Angeles film crew from Gatling Pictures is in Taiwan filming a documentary about the long struggle for democracy on the island.  The movie is to be titled Tsua-Lei-Dan and will examine Taiwan’s uncertain place in the world.

The Taiwan documentary is only the second production of Gatling Pictures, a new company founded in 2009 by Jeff Broadway.  Broadway interned at 20th Century Fox where he learned his movie-making skills.  The independent producer is a post-graduate student at the London School of Economics.

In 2010, Broadway got a masters degree in global communication from the University of Southern California and studied international affairs at Southern Methodist University.

Gatling Pictures mission statement gives little idea how Tsua-Lei-Dan came into existence.  “We aim to produce content across multiple media platforms.  From documentary and narrative films to commercials and music videos, our focus will always be to create content of global appeal and cultural significance.”

Gatling has released a three minute trailer for the movie that promises an exciting and visual exploration of Taiwan history and current events.

Broadway’s first movie is titled Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story and tells the story of the late Mark Sandman, lead singer for the rock band Morphine.  

The new film company perhaps is planning on showcasing its capabilities and creative talents in Tsua-Lei-Dan.  Regardless of motive, the young filmmaker and his team are in Taiwan filming.

No release date has been set for the new movie.  Tsua-Lei-Dan follows the first American movie on Taiwan in some time, Formosa Betrayed, which covers the martial law period in Taiwan history.

Broadway has his work cut out for him, penetrating six-decades of the “strategic ambiguity” that clouds Taiwan’s place in the world.  The United States landed Chinese Kuomintang troops on Taiwan in October 1945 and the island has remained under control of the Republic of China ever since.

Under terms of the San Francisco Peace Treaty that ended World War II with Japan, the United States is the “principal occupying Power” of Taiwan.
 

Watch advance movie trailer HERE