Oh boy! The KMT are a-gonna just LUUUUUUURVE this one! 
[quote]FILMMAKER TO SHINE SPOTLIGHT ON TAIWAN
Taipei, Nov. 30 Taiwanese American filmmaker William Tiao
said Thursday that he was glad to learn of enormous positive response to a promotion tour
of Taiwan for a movie planned for 2008 to be titled Formosa Betrayed,
which looks to âshine the spotlight on Taiwan.â
He expressed happiness with the public and
private support for the movie in Taiwan, adding that many local
businessmen have shown interest in investing in the movie, which will
have a US$12 million budget.
Inspired by a true story, Formosa Betrayed aims to "enlighten a
global audience" with the story of the murder of a Taiwanese
professor who was killed for his courage in speaking out for an
independent and democratic Taiwan.
"I think this is a story that nobody else can tell except me,
because most people donât know the story, " said Tiao, who gave up a
political career in 2002 after 10 years in Washington, D.C. and moved
to Los Angeles to start his entertainment business.
Born in Kansas, Tiao said he heard a lot of stories about
Taiwanâs White Terror period from his parents, who had always been
active in Taiwanâs independence and democracy movements. Tiao said he
knew from the age of six that he would work in politics.
Frustrated by Taiwan's lack of international recognition and
support during his time in Washington, Tiao decided to take a
different path in 2002 and moved to Hollywood, where he learned from
scratch about acting, writing and filmmaking and came up with the
Formosa Betrayed plan two years ago.
With his childhood memories, political skills, and Taiwan's
presidential election and Beijing Olympics in 2008, Tiao thinks 2008
will be perfect timing for the release of the film and hopes it will
be a time for the whole world to take a good hard look at Taiwan and
âstart a discussionâ on Taiwanâs rich history and culture.
The movie also seeks to offer an opportunity for Taiwanese to
âreconcile with the past before moving aheadâ and to reflect on
Taiwanâs history "from a fresh perspective as a third-party observer,
" Tiao added.
The movie takes its title from a book published in 1965 by former
U.S. Consul George Kerr, who documented his observation of the 228
incident of 1947.
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Coming from William Tiao, itâs sure to be an objective and balanced piece of work.
