Film

Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation 2023

84 min 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.

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Not listed as free in the UK right now. You can still watch the official trailer below.

Official trailer

Cast

  • Bill Porter as Self / Red Pine
  • Spring Cheng as Self

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