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Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation

(en)

A master of ancient Chinese poetry and the search for a lost tradition

2023

1h24m

Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation

Documentary

Overview: 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.

Status: Released

Budget: $550,000.00

Release date: October 27, 2023

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Production company:
  • Woody Creek Pictures

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Bill Porter

Bill Porter

as Self / Red Pine

Spring Cheng

Spring Cheng

as Self

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