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A Black Golden Past

In this documentary, the tumultuous years of petroleum extraction in war times were pieced together through nonagenarians’ accounts, old photos, historic investigation, and restoration of scenes from the past with the help of animations.

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A Black Golden Past - Ep. 1: The Starting Point
Taiwan used to produce its own petroleum. In the Japanese colonial period, one quarter of Japan’s petroleum supply came from Taiwan. To search for the starting point of Taiwan’s oi
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A Black Golden Past - Ep. 2: Frontline
During WWII, Taiwan was terribly bombarded as oil-gas resources were the key to winning the war. While drilling wells, the oil field workers had to be prepared to run whenever ther
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A Black Golden Past - Ep. 3: Settlement
In the glorious years of the oil mines, the extraction of oil-gas made every corner of the mines thriving and bustling. In the settlement established due to oil mining, there were
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A Black Golden Past - Ep. 4: Reunion
An electric guitar from the 1960s brought back the fading memory of the years of oil drilling. In a reunion thoughtfully arranged, a bunch of retired oil field workers who worked i