Huang Yang Chuan

(Yellow Sheep River)
by Soung Liu
95’, Taiwan, 2009

The voice and music of a blind street musician, along with the sounds and voices of a rural Chinese community, form the soundtrack that accompanies this documentary story recounting nineteen slices of life that focus not on social problems, such as poverty or indigence, but rather on the simplicity of the ways and gestures of this population of farmers and breeders. A natural environment that transforms and changes colour and light as the seasons unfold is the horizon against which the inhabitants of these mountains move. A sensation of peace and harmony seems to permeate the men and animals, the houses and woods, the fields and the river.

Soung Liu
For twenty-two years he has produced and directed documentaries and television fiction programs. After studying at the London Film School, he worked for a number of years in New York in the post-production of documentaries for the National Geographic Channel and HBO. After returning to Taiwan he joined Bow Wow Productions where he devotes himself entirely to directing.