| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 81 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2012. |
| Summary |
This beautifully realized documentary chronicles the life and work of Qi Shu Fang, one of the preeminent masters of Chinese Opera living in the United States. It is a story of ambition, love, the creative impulse and the struggle to survive against all odds. The film highlights the intricacies of Peking Opera, an art form that is hardly known in the West and is declining in popularity in China. At the same time it explores why Ms. Qi, her husband, Ding Mei-kui, and their company of Chinese Opera performers have made the difficult move to the United States, where they, like so many immigrants, must balance pressures to assimilate with the needs of cultural expression and preservation. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Qi, Shu Fang, 1943-
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Ding Mei-kui.
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Operas, Chinese -- United States.
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Documentary films -- United States.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1110196 Kanopy |
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