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> HI,

> Nov. 10 , Media MIke, Mike Hazzard will present the film, Cold
> Mountain by him and Deb Wallwork.  It is about the Tang Dynasty
> Chinese poet, Han Shan, with Gary Snyder, Buton Watson, Jim Lenfesty
> and Red Pine.
>
> Description is below.
>
> Cold Mountain
> Cold Mountain is a half hour film portrait of the Tang Dynasty
> Chinese poet Han Shan, a.k.a. Cold Mountain. Recorded on location in
> China, America and Japan, Burton Watson, Red Pine, Jim Lenfestey and
> the legendary Gary Snyder describe the poet's life and tell poems.
>
> A trickster, Han Shan wrote poems for everyone, not just the
> educated elite. A man free of spiritual doctrine, it is unclear
> whether or not he was a monk, whether he was a Buddhist or a Taoist,
> or both. It is not even certain he ever lived, but the poems do.
>
> Co-directed by Mike Hazard and Deb Wallwork, the music is by the
> internationally renowned pipa player Gao Hong and animations are by
> John Akre. A production of the Center for International Education,
> the film has been supported by the Outagamie Foundation, the family
> of John W. Brower and the Bush Foundation.
>
> Deb Wallwork writes, "Cold Mountain is a rollicking, tasty film
> filled with poetry, colorful characters, Zen wisdom and witty
> commentary. The film gives us glimpses of that mysterious--some say
> crazy, some say enlightened--figure, Han Shan, who left the dusty
> world to become a hermit and a poet, and in so doing wrote the
> intimate and inspired lines that speak to us today