Of Shadows and Men (BURN-TO-DVD)
IndiePix Price: $7.95
RUNTIME - 23 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2008
FORMAT - DVD Region All
GENRES - documentary, music & performance, international
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Film Info
Two Thousand Years of Tradition is about to meet the Next Generation
In Yunmeng, a rural city in the Hubei Province, there is a theater, a teahouse where old men gather amongst the shadows of the past, drinking tea and playing cards. There, an ancient art takes place and brings magic back into everyday life.
Related Links:
Official Website
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FESTIVALS
- Jean Rouch International Ethnographic Film Festival 2009 (Paris, France)
- Pärnu Int. Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival 2009 (Estonia)
- Cinema Nouvelle Generation 2008 (Lyon France)
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2008 (Durham, United States)
- Meetings in Siberia 2008 (Novossibirsk, Russia)
- Tehran Short Film Festival 2008 (Tehran, Iran)
Press
"The first film from co-director Aurelien Foucault is a fascinating look at the dying art of Chinese shadow plays. Here, the documentary has documented a component of life that needs to be captured, perhaps the most noble deed a film of its kind can accomplish."
-Tenebaum's Live Journal
