台灣民族誌影像先驅者、我們敬重的胡台麗老師於2022年5月7日病逝，享壽72歲。
胡台麗老師是紐約市立大學人類學博士，曾任中研院民族學研究所研究員與所長，清華大學人類學研究所兼任教授，並擔任台灣國際民族誌影展主席與台灣民族誌影像學會第一、二任理事長。
胡老師是台灣視覺人類學領域的先行者，在影像還普遍不受學界重視之時，開始在民族誌紀錄片領域長期耕耘，從1984年起，共編導攝製了8部民族誌紀錄片，透過部落、電影院和國內外廣泛的放映與座談，與被攝者與觀眾作最直接的交流，從實踐中產生文化反思的功效。胡老師也是參與開創傳統家庭觀念與婦女地位變遷、族群關係與認同、原住民文化展演、以及巫師祭儀文化等研究領域的領頭者。
胡台麗老師的紀錄片作品曾獲得法國巴黎Jean Rouch國際民族誌紀錄片影展「非物質文化傳承推薦獎」、芝加哥國際影展紀錄片類銀牌獎、休斯頓國際影展金牌評審獎、金馬獎紀錄片首獎與台灣國際紀錄片雙年展評審特別推薦獎，以及入圍法國馬賽國際紀錄片影展競賽片，入選荷蘭阿姆斯特丹國際紀錄片影展競賽片等。
胡台麗老師是人類學者、影展策展人、作家、紀錄片導演，同時也是積極的社會實踐參與者。長期透過民族誌影像的呈現，讓不同族群的聲音及觀點進行多元對話、相互理解。親身參與女性、原住民、榮民、土地等重要的文化與社會議題，為我們紀錄下台灣社會重要的發展歷程。畢生以其自身有限的力量和時間，帶著呈現台灣社群、族群、社會、人文的影像作品，促成台灣與國際間更有深度的交流與對話。
主要民族誌影像作品
2012《讓靈魂回家》
*2012法國巴黎Jean Rouch國際民族誌紀錄片影展「非物質文化傳承推薦獎」
*2013美國休士頓國際影展「影視製作族群與文化類」金牌獎
2004《石頭夢》
*入選2004年荷蘭阿姆斯特丹國際紀錄片影展競賽片；入圍2004金馬獎最佳紀錄片並獲年度最佳電影工作者獎；獲2004金穗獎優等影片獎
2000《愛戀排灣笛》
*獲2000年臺北國際紀錄片雙年展影片類評審特別推薦獎；入選2001年法國馬賽國際紀錄片影展競賽片
1997《穿過婆家村》
*入選1998年德國哥丁根國際民族誌影展；入選愛沙尼亞國際紀錄片與人類學影片展；入選1998年紐約瑪格麗特•米德紀錄影片展；入選1999荷蘭國際民族誌影展
1993《蘭嶼觀點》
*本片獲得1993年金馬獎「最佳紀錄片」；獲美國芝加哥國際影展紀錄片藝術與人文類「銀牌獎」
1988《矮人祭之歌》
*本片獲1990年美國休斯頓國際影展族群文化紀錄片「金牌特別評審獎」
1984《神祖之靈歸來：排灣族五年祭》
*入選1985年美國紐約自然史博物館主辦的瑪格麗特‧米德紀錄片影展。American Anthropologist學刊影評（1987, Vol. 89, No.1: 263-264）。
延伸資料：
民族誌影展導演介紹 https://www.tieff.org/directors/hutaili/
【ITA看世界 第93集】台灣國際民族誌影展20周年專訪https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRszITk1FI
臺灣國際民族誌影展PODCAST專題：TIEFF的創立和20年的演變與發展https://anchor.fm/tieff/episodes/TIEFF20-e182laj
(照片由家屬與Skaya Siku提供)
Condolences. Taiwan Association of Visual Ethnography’s founder, Dr. Hu Taili （1950.3.11－2022.5.7）
The founder of the Taiwan Association for Visual Ethnography, our deeply respected Dr. Hu Taili, has passed away on May 7, 2022, at the age of 72.
Dr. Hu Taili earned her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of City University of New York. She was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, and served as the Institute’s director, as well as adjunct professor of Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University. She was also the chair of the Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival and the first and second term Chair of the Board of the Taiwan Association for Visual Ethnography.
Dr. Hu pioneered the field of visual anthropology in Taiwan, making documentary ethnographic films when filmmaking was not encouraged or rewarded by academic institutions in Taiwan. Starting in 1984, she made eight ethnographic documentary films. Through screening these films in the Indigenous communities, in theaters, and in academic forums in Taiwan and abroad, she interacted directly with the people she filmed and with the audience, effecting cultural self-reflection through practice. She was also a key figure in opening up several areas of anthropological inquiry, including the study of women’s role in the family and economy, ethnic relations, Indigenous cultural performance, and shamanism.
Her documentary films won many international awards, including Jean Rouch International Ethnographic Film Festival [Paris] “Special Mention of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Award”, the Chicago International Film Festival Documentary Silver Plaque Award (documentary film), the Houston International Film Festival Gold Special Jury Award, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Best Filmworker Award, and the Taiwan International Documentary Festival’s Special Mention Award. Her films were also selected for the Joris Ivens Competition of the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the International Competition in the Marseille International Documentary Festival.
Dr. Hu Taili was an anthropologist, a film festival programmer, a writer, and a documentary filmmaker. For many years, she used visual ethnography to help bring the voices and perspectives of different ethnic groups into dialogue and further their mutual understanding. She also participated enthusiastically in public discussions on many important cultural and social issues, including issues relating to women, Indigenous peoples, former soldiers from mainland China, and land. She gave us a record of important milestones in the development of Taiwanese society over several decades. And she used her limited strength and time to create films presenting Taiwan’s communities, ethnicities, society, and arts, deepening the dialogue between Taiwan and the international community.
Selected Films
2012 Returning Souls
*2012 Jean Rouch International Ethnographic Film Festival [Paris] “Special Mention of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Award”
*2013 WorldFest-Houston Ethnic/Cultural category Gold Remi Award
2004 Stone Dream
* Selected for Joris Ivens Competition at 2004 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; selected for 2004 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and won the Best Film worker Award; won 2004 Golden Tassel Film Festival the Excellent Film Award (Taipei).
2000 Sounds of Love and Sorrow
*Won Jury’s Special Mention Award at 2000 Taiwan International Documentary Festival; selected for International Competition at
2001 Marseille International Documentary.
1997 Passing Through My Mother-in law’s Village
*Selected for 1998 Gottingen International Ethnographic Film Festival (Germany); selected for 1998 Parnu International Documentary and Anthropological Film Festival (Estonia); selected for 1998 Margaret Mead Film Festival (New York); selected for 1999 Beeld voor Beeld Festival ( Amsterdam).
1993 Voices of Orchid Island
* Silver Plaque Award, documentary film, arts/ humanities category, 1994 Chicago International Film Festival
1988 Songs of Pasta’ay
* 1990 Houston International Film Festival Gold Special Jury Award
1984 The Return of Gods and Ancestors: Paiwan Five Year Ceremony
*Selected for 1985 Margaret Mead Film Festival, American Museum of Natural History, New York. Reviewed by American Anthropologist, 1987, Vol. 89, No.1: 263- 264.
related webpage and interviews
https://www.tieff.org/en/directors/hu-tai-li/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRszITk1FI
https://anchor.fm/tieff/episodes/TIEFF20-e182laj
(photo credit: Dr. HU’s family)
(photo credit: Skaya Siku)