- Date: Feb. 22 - July 3, 2016
- Venue: Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park
- Address: No. 131 Fuxing Rd., Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- Website: http://www.nhrm.gov.tw/home
"The Life and Death of Director Pai Ko,” a retrospective exhibition at the Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park, commemorates the late Taiwanese director and political victim Pai Ko (白克).
The Feb. 22 opening ceremony was joined by roughly 100 people paying homage to Pai, including Pai’s sons Pai Chung-guang (白崇光) and Pai Chung-liang (白崇亮), actors Hsiao Yen-chiu (小艷秋) and Lin Chong (林沖), and singer Chi Lu-hsia (紀露霞).
Lin Chong (林沖), who played the protagonist in the Pai film "Offspring of the Yellow Emperor (黃帝子孫)," recalled working with the director.
Hsiao Yen-chiu (小艷秋, third left), who played the female lead in the Pai documentary "Mad Woman (瘋女十八年)," is pictured alongside the late director's son, Pai Chung-guang (白崇光, fourth left).
Singers Chi Lu-hsia (紀露霞, left) and Cheng Hsiu-wen (鄭秀文, second left), who were featured on many of the soundtracks to Pai's films, are pictured alongside Pai's eldest son, Pai Chung-liang (白崇亮).
Wang Yi-chun (王逸群, right), director of the Preparatory Office of the National Human Rights Museum, noted that Pai has become part of the White Terror history, and it is important to reveal the historic truth to the public and show that human rights are now highly valued in Taiwan.
In 1962, Pai was arrested on disputed charges. Like many other White Terror victims, he was accused of being a bandit spy. Pictured above is the verdict by the National Ministry of Defense sentencing his death. In 1964, Pai was executed at the age of 50.