Good Enough Ancestor tells the story of Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s first Digital Minister and the world’s first transgender minister, and how she took Taiwan from an occupation of their national legislature to a beacon of digital democracy.
Filmed over ten days in the lead up to Taiwan’s historic 2024 elections, the poetic documentary threads together Tang’s reflections on her own life—overcoming bullying, a life-threatening heart condition, and gender dysphoria—with the story of Taiwan’s evolution from martial law to its most recent election. Against the backdrop of rising authoritarianism and geopolitical tensions, Good Enough Ancestor is a timely reminder of the fragility of democracy and the responsibility to tend to it for future generations.
Click the link below to watch the film and read a roundtable discussion between Audrey Tang, director Cynthia Wade, editor Sasha Friedlander, and cinematographer Boaz “Bo” Freund for Combinations Magazine.
