The Way of the Shaman Drum (2017)
• January 1st, 2017 • 0h 13min
Documentary
Overview
During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance (tiao tchin, meaning "spirit-jumping" or "god's dance"). However, on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, a farmer named Guan Yunde decided to start designing and building traditional Manchu shaman drums. At age 70, he is one of a minority of ethnic Manchu people in China's Jilin province, and one of the few people keeping the Manchu shamanic tradition alive.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution
Released on: 1974-01-01
Documentary
Short film directed by Walter Knoop
Iwianch, the Devil Deer
Released on: 2021-03-11
Documentary
An enigmatic presence haunts the depths of the Amazon rainforest, where an indigenous Achuar teenage...
Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
In these interviews, Dennis McKenna, Alex Grey, Rick Strassman, and other champions of psychedelics ...
A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
Released on: 1988-03-18
Documentary
Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through C...
Bertrand's Farm
Released on: 2024-01-31
Documentary
1972 in Haute-Savoie (France) : the Bertrand's farm, with a hundred dairy cows owned by three bachel...
How Lucky China
Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary, Music
Follows Long Island’s Mary Lamont Band on their groundbreaking 23,000-mile tour in six cities and pr...
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Released on: 2006-05-01
Documentary
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often se...
Ascension
Released on: 2021-10-08
Documentary
The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizi...
Manufactured Landscapes
Released on: 2006-09-09
Documentary
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edw...
Mrs. Fang
Released on: 2018-06-13
Documentary
In a quiet village in southern China, Fang Xiuying is sixty-seven years old. Having suffered from Al...
The Last Pig
Released on: 2017-08-02
Documentary
An intimate reflection on animal treatment, following ethical pig farmer, Bob Comis, as he contempla...
Qatar, une dynastie à la conquête du monde
Released on: 2022-10-20
Documentary
For three decades now, Qatar, this small desert kingdom, has not stopped being talked about; because...
In the Steps of Forgotten Peoples
Released on: 2021-08-07
Documentary
Unustatud rahvad (1970 - 1989) by Estonian composer Veljo Tormas is based upon six Balto-Finnic peop...
Undercover in Tibet
Released on: 2008-03-31
Documentary
Undercover in Tibet reveals the regime of terror which dominates daily life and makes freedom of exp...
Yulu
Released on: 2011-01-01
Documentary
The film uses a documentary approach to tell the stories of 12 Chinese pioneers, chosen from the fie...
Arcadia
Released on: 2017-10-08
Documentary
A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more...
24 City
Released on: 2008-09-27
Drama, Documentary
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn do...
Genesis
Released on: 2004-09-26
Documentary
An African narrator tells the story of earth history, the birth of the universe and evolution of lif...
The China Hustle
Released on: 2018-03-30
Documentary
An unsettling and eye-opening Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock m...