Voices of Orchid Island is a Taiwanese documentary directed by Hu Tai-li.
[1] As a Han anthropologist, Hu collaborated with the Bunun doctor Tien Jacob, enlisted the help of two anti-nuclear young Tao people, Si Nuzai (施努來) and Kuo Chien-ping (郭健平),[2] to complete this work.
In the first part, the film explores the traditional beliefs of the Tao people regarding their fear of photography technology and their disdain for becoming subjects of Taiwanese tourists.
[1] In the second part, the film reveals the gap between modern medical and traditional beliefs.
Because the tribe believes that diseases originate from the intrusion of evil spirits (anito),[4] or they consider the economic burden of transportation costs for off-island treatment, Tao people are reluctant to seek medical care.