Asia
James T. Hong
Taiwan WMD - Uranium
2012
Taiwan WMD - Uranium
Taiwan WMD (Taiwan and Weapons of Mass Destruction) is part of long-term research started in early 2010 on the history and aftermath effects of Japanese biological and chemical warfare in China during WWII, as well as the unknown history of Taiwan’s nuclear program. James T. Hong’s research is not only an effort to revisit a dark time that complicates certain histories but more importantly an investigation of how violence is enacted in the name of rationality.
James T. Hong is an Asian-American filmmaker and artist whose works focus on controversial race and class issues, and historical conflicts in Asia. His film, 731: Two Versions of Hell (2007), was awarded the Best World Documentary Award at the Jihlava International Festival in 2007. Other film productions include Lessons of the Blood (2010) and The Turner Film Diaries (2012).