Small Happiness
(color, 58 min., 1984)
Women of Long Bow village talk about marriage, birth control, work,
and daily life.
All Under Heaven
(color, 58 min., 1985)
Change and continuity in Long Bow village, from the 1940s to the 1980s.
To Taste a Hundred
Herbs (color, 58 min., 1986)
Portrait of a traditional Chinese doctor whose Catholic faith shapes
his values and gives him a special role in his community.
Other Films about Long Bow Village:
First Moon: Celebration
of a Chinese New Year (color, 37 min., 1987)
Colorful, earthy, joyous celebration effectively draws us into the inner
circle of Chinese village life.
Stilt Dancers of Long
Bow Village (color, 27 min., 1980)
Stilt dancing, a traditional form of folk culture, revived in Long Bow
village as "a combination political rally, commedia dell'arte,
and steeplechase."
View short
excerpts from the Long Bow village films.
Read an extended discussion about the Long
Bow films in "One Village in China: A Review Symposium,"
Oral History Review Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall, 1987), pp. 115-135.
To purchase any of the above films, please
contact:
Katherine Kline, Distribution Director
617 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10024
Tel: 212/724-9302 Fax: 212/769-0838
E-mail: Longbowgrp@aol.com
International Sales:
Jane Balfour Services, Ltd.
London, UK
Tel: (011) 44-207-727-1528
Fax: (011) 44-207-221-9007
About the Long Bow Group