Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation
“A master of ancient Chinese poetry and the search for a lost tradition”
2023•NR•1h 24m•Released
Documentary
The film follows Bill’s adventures as a child of a bank robber, raised in a gilded household, who turned his back on American devotion to materialism and went off to live in monasteries and mountains in Taiwan. He pursued a fascination with Buddhism and poetry and traveled to remote regions of China to rediscover an ancient tradition of mountain hermits vital to Chinese culture.
Director
Ward Serrill
Writer
Ward Serrill, Michael McMann
Budget
$1M
Languages
Mandarin, English
Studio
Woody Creek Pictures
Cast
Bill Porter
Self / Red Pine
Spring Cheng
Self
Production
Company
Woody Creek Pictures
Producer
Rocky Friedman
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