"Island of Winds" Pre-screening Intro | Traveling Forum
Last edited: 2026-08-23
The wind at Losheng always seems harsher than down on the plains...
Following the mountain path up to Losheng, beginning with the wind on the mountain, this film documents a full 20 years of guarding and resistance.
Hansen's disease, formerly stigmatized as "leprosy," was often referred to as "great wind" in ancient literature. Losheng Sanatorium atop Tingpocheh became Taiwan's only "island of winds" where Hansen's disease patients were isolated.
The residents, unable to leave, made the sanatorium their home, only to face an unprecedented storm upon their homeland due to urban development.
The great wind blew once more; this time, it stirred history and destiny, blowing right up to the mountainside where MRT construction machinery severed the familiar slopes. Through the MRT engineering, it was abruptly cut apart, truly transforming into an isolated island.
Director Hsu Ya-Ting, beginning from her student days participating in the Losheng movement, continued her persistent on-the-ground presence, documentation, and companionship through film for a full twenty years, shuttling between residents' dormitories and public spaces. When the outside world thought the Losheng movement had come to an end, she continued to capture the progression of events, daily changes, aging bodies, as well as the setbacks and perseverance of convictions.
In this era of rapid information flow yet practiced forgetfulness, "Island of the Winds" chooses to stand eye-to-eye with people and resonate at the frequency of the wind, gazing across a 20-year span at these changes and unfinished dialogues.
✦ "Island of the Winds" Documentary Screening and Distribution Crowdfunding Project
Event Date
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 19:00-20:30
＊This session does not include a full film screening; it is a pre-screening forum only.
Event Location
Judicial Reform Foundation, Taichung Office (10F-2, No. 4-33, Sec. 1, Shuangshi Rd., East Dist., Taichung City)
Forum Speaker
Hsu Ya-Ting / Director of "Island of the Winds"
Forum Moderator
Yang Yu-jen / Professor, Department of Sociology, Tunghai University; former member of the Black Hand Nakasi Workers' Band
Event Contact
Advocacy Specialist Ms. Hsieh (04)2329-2372#11
This article is an AI-generated translation of the original Chinese text. In the event of any discrepancy, the Chinese version shall prevail.