Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation
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.
About
A master of ancient Chinese poetry and the search for a lost traditionThe 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.
- Status
- Released
- Country
- US
- Languages
- Mandarin, English
- Subtitles
- English
- Genres
- Documentary
Cast
Bill Porter
Self / Red Pine
Spring Cheng
Self
Bill Porter
Self / Red Pine
Spring Cheng
Self
