人 與 土 地 的 傷 痛 留 給 歷 史 去 評 斷
--關於「哽咽的大地」紀錄片介紹  
 
一段「家破人亡」的真實回憶,
一段「人與土地」不良互動的沉痛經驗,
一段期待與全社會共同反省的家園紀事
----「哽咽的大地」 高淑玲

在腥羶色新聞及政治人物口水戰氾濫的台灣社會,林肯大郡山坡地災難在中央與地方主管機關,聯手拖延遮掩的態勢下,逐漸失去了善後方向;當初埋葬了28條無辜生命、猙獰的廢墟裡,歷經歲月侵蝕,覆蓋上了水泥疤痕,搖曳著星星點點的蘆葦花芒。生離死別的罹難者家屬們,憑藉著強韌的生命力,獨自縫補心頭的傷痛裂痕;而受害於金權勾結、被迫遷居流離的危險區域上的婦女們,則藉由一次又一次的街頭運動,提醒社會大眾她們面臨的困境。

林肯災變發生多年,災害善後機制一直無法建立,而林肯人奮鬥了多年的真相及發展,也始終不被社會大眾所了解。

漫長的協商期間,代表政府主導林肯大郡補強及如何善後的,是當初違法核發執照的台北縣政府,體制內多名官員且已被法院一審判刑;這種球員兼裁判、由當事人來當主席的協商結果,不免各說各話。而當自救會所提出的---由政府「代位求償」、另地重建,或將銀行債權轉移給建商、打入呆帳、「概括承受」等相關提案時,政府官員們卻總表示層級不夠或依法無據,無法處理。所以2年半以來,官民協商始終是沒有交集的平行線,「人為災難」善後賠償機制始終無法建立。 
 
坡地住宅問題叢生,以林肯大郡經驗以「紀錄片」形式留存反思。自86年以來,林肯大郡災難事件所揭露出來的坡地住宅濫墾濫建、建築技術規則無法確實執行、人民居住安全無法依靠現有法規保障的問題,依舊普遍存在。

尤其是,台灣現有危險山坡地住宅社區多達五十幾個之多的情況;可以預見未來類似林肯大郡的坡地災難事件絕非僅有。陳情抗爭之餘,我和先生思考著有必要進一步提取林肯大郡的教訓,提醒社會思考災害成因背後潛藏的各種政治、經濟、法律等相關問題;宏觀地探討「人為災難」善後賠償機制如何建立的課題。
為了真實呈現平面影像無法捕捉的現場動態及 聲音表情,我和周志全選擇了拿起攝影機紀錄災變的歷史;歷經年餘拍攝過程,資料帶數量累積高達近200卷,幸賴罹難者家屬林明仁、高唯程及賴全得協助,現身陳述災難回憶、說明林肯大郡開發案官商勾結的種種真相,並提供了罹難親人生前的遺物和資料,讓這部影片能順利結構、剪接完成。

「哽咽的大地」一片於12月初剪完成後,承聯合報文化基金會及公視協助,巡迴北、中、南放映十餘場,似乎留給了觀者不同角度的觀看空間。

而我們也真心期盼,這一部屬於林肯大郡住戶集體記憶的記錄片;除了能留下珍貴真實的在地經驗外,更能激化住戶與社會大眾反思人與土地的共生關係。


About  Sobbing  Land

Three stories of three families who suffered the same disaster in Taiwan's town of Hsih-chih. On a rainy, wind-swept day, their home at the Lincoln Mansion were washed away, taking relatives to death. This documentary connects the process how the victims organized themselves to claim for compensation, how their actions became a part of a larger social movement, and how the families expressed the wishes to rebuild their homes.

The Sobbing Land documents the turmoil wrought by the collapse of an unlawful housing development project on a hillside in Hshh-chih. A typhoon-triggered mudslide demolished the hillside community of Lincoln Mansions. The victims, people who moved to suburb Taipei, lost families and had their homes wrecked. The documentary shows the strength of families gaining from the traumatic experiences. They began to face each other's distinct but equally saddening experiences, and began new lives. It is a process woven in blood and tears, a process full of vulnerability, lament and resent, self-examination and forgiveness…

Sobbing Land is a "home video" filmed by the victim residents of the Lincoln Mansion. The documentarians hope to preserve a precious image of the tragedy from a local's perspective. Also, they hope to encourage the public to think about the relation between humans and the land.