Category / International Distribution, Documentary
Path of Destiny
2017
- Director: Chun-Kai YANG
- Genre:Documentary
- Runtime:71minute
- Language:Mandarin
- Subtitle:Mandarin English
- Country:
- Rights:Worldwide
★ 2017 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival – Closing Film
★ 2018 Taipei Film Festival – Nominaee for Best Documentary
Panay Mulu, who can possess gods, has a felt that the gods guided her to face her own “Path of Destiny.”
The Sikawasay, from the Amis tribe in Hualien, is known as the people who possess spirits. They are fated to maintain traditional rituals in service of the tribe, their lives a process of interacting with the gods. Panay Mulu has been with them for 20 years, recording rituals that may soon disappear and capturing the tribe’s unique way of life.