2022 | Taiwan | Documentary

Co Mo Li (The Raw and the Cooked)

  • Amis, Mandarin English, French 28 mins
  • Director | Lisa Malloy, Dennis Zhou
  • Writer | Lisa Marie Malloy, Dennis Zhou
  • Producer | Lisa Marie Malloy

STATUS: Released

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The Chens are an Amis family on Taiwan’s eastern coast. As some family members venture into the brush after a midnight rain, others harvest rice amid the whir of machinery. Blending work and play, food becomes a site for the Chens to pass down their endangered language to a younger generation, trade ghost stories, and express the vibrant hybridity of contemporary indigenous identity.

Minimalism Ethnography Language Ritual Identity
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