Back to Topa
大豹：洄游
The director unexpectedly overheard stories about his mother’s family and decided to pick up a camera to explore a century-old history: Topa, a Tayal tribe that once lived in Sanxia but was displaced to Taoyuan’s Fuxing District due to Japanese rule. The main subjects of this documentary are descendants who are striving in their own ways to preserve the memory of Topa. Through their efforts, the connection between their lives and history is finally being brought back to light
Directors
TSENG Yu-Ping(Behuy Masao)
Tseng Yu-Ping (Behuy Masao), an Indigenous imaging worker from Taiwan, his hometown is Jianshi Township, Hsinchu. Since grew up in Taipei, he has been exploring his own ethnic culture while growing up. Graduated from the Department of Film Studies at National Taiwan University of Arts, and is currently studying in the master’s program at the Department of Radio and Television at Shi Hsin University. His specialty is directing and screenwriting, and continues to create videos based on ethnic culture and human rights concerns.