Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation 2023 Directed by Ward Serrill
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.
Country
USA
Gnere
Documentary
Production Company
Woody Creek Pictures
Budget $550,000
Release Date 27 October 2023
84 mins
