Invisible Nation: A Democracy in Focus

Release Date:May/24/2025 Genre:Documentary Director:Vanessa Hope Cast:Chu Chen、Yu-jie Chen、Bi-Khim Hsiao、Michelle Kuo、Freddy Lim、Wen Liu Viola's Rating:8.4 While the Russian invasion of Ukraine carries on into its fourth year, an island often erased from the map is also facing a potential war threat, and its people are confronting a crisis of national identity. American director Vanessa Hope captures Taiwan’s democratic development, from the election of its first female president to its current period of reflection, in her documentary feature Invisible Nation , which received a limited US release on May 24, 2025. This documentary follows the presidency of Taiwan's first female president, Ing-Wen Tsai, and centers a portrait of this constantly colonized island as it struggles to preserve its hard-won democracy, autonomy, and freedom from the looming fear of authoritarian aggression. Audrey Tang, one of Taiwan’s current Ambassadors-at-Larges and former Minister of Digital Affair...