2230 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, California 94704

Special guest appearance with Will Tiao on Sunday, February 28, 2010, at 7:05 show at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas. Following the Q&A will be informal “meet-and-greet” in Lot 68 Lounge, adjacent to theatre lobby.

FORMOSA BETRAYED tells the story of FBI Agent Jake Kelly's (James Van Der Beek, The Rules of Attraction, TV’s Dawson’s Creek) investigation of the brutal murder of a Taiwanese-American professor on U.S. soil. With the help of his FBI partner (John Heard, The Pelican Brief, Cutters Way, Chilly Scenes of Winter) and a sharp Chicago police detective (Leslie Hope, TV’s 24), Agent Kelly discovers that the murderers have fled to Taiwan and is sent overseas to assist the Taiwanese government’s search for the suspected murderers. Initially guided by an American diplomat (Wendy Crewson, A Home At The End Of The World) and a Taiwanese official (Tzi Ma, The Quiet American, TV’s 24), Kelly soon realizes that not only is he an unwelcome guest in a foreign land, but that something even more treacherous is happening beneath the surface.

With the help of Ming (Will Tiao, also the film’s producer and writer), a Taiwanese activist, Agent Kelly discovers the unsettling truth about the island once called Formosa, leading to dangerous and painful consequences. Agent Kelly finds himself on a collision course with the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and ultimately the highest levels of the Republic of China government in Taiwan, where this FBI agent discovers how a complex web of politics, identity, and power affects the lives and destinies of the citizens in all three countries – including his own.

Directed by Adam Kane (TV’s Heroes) and based on actual events that happened to Taiwanese professors and graduate students throughout the United States in the 1970s and 80s, FORMOSA BETRAYED exposes for the first time the brutal techniques the Republic of China government in Taiwan used to quell dissent in their desire to reunite with mainland China. Seeking to enlighten a global audience of Taiwan's dark past, FORMOSA BETRAYED hopes to shine a light not only on past wrongs done to Taiwanese activists, but also pique interest and draw attention to the current tumultuous political situation in present day Taiwan.

Read the San Jose Mercury News article: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14412965

“The film provides illuminating context for whatever news Taiwan will be making this century.” – Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

“A powder keg of a movie. FORMOSA BETRAYED is a crackling political thriller, as well as an important and revealing film for our times.” -- Pete Hammond, Backstage Magazine

The film’s running time is 103 minutes; it is rated R.

Also playing at Century San Francisco Centre in San Francisco, AMC Cupertino Square 16 in Cupertino
Special guest appearance with Will Tiao on Sunday, February 282010, at 1:40 show, Century 20 Great Mall in Milpitas, and Century 25 Union Landing in Union City.

Official Website: http://www.formosathemovie.com/

Added by landmark on February 24, 2010

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