Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation
A master of ancient Chinese poetry and the search for a lost tradition
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.
- Year : 2023
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- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : Woody Creek Pictures
- Keyword : translation, chinese poetry
- Director : Ward Serrill
- Cast : Bill Porter, Spring Cheng