Letter 69 (2017)

As the aftermath of World War II and the Chinese Civil War morphed into the Cold War Taiwan was ruled under martial law from 1949 to 1987 During the height of the White Terror in the 1950s thousands of suspected Communists and subversives were arrested many of them simply disappeared forever In 1993 a forgotten graveyard of 201 unclaimed victims was rediscovered at Liuzhangli on the outskirts of Taipei Experimental filmmaker Lin HsinIs Letter 69 explores the violence and injustice that still haunt Taiwan today through the letters of Shi Shui Huan a political prisoner during the White Terrorall the way up to her last letter before being executed a blank piece of paperUCLAFilmTV