[Explorations of the shadow world].
Shadow master is a documentary film portraying the life of a Balinese family of performers and the training of a young shadow master. In Xanadu is an epic love story about Khubilai Khan and his wife, whom he tries to bring back from the underworld. The performance blends Tibetan, Chinese and Indon...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Coyote's journey in Karuk and English. |
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| Summary: | Shadow master is a documentary film portraying the life of a Balinese family of performers and the training of a young shadow master. In Xanadu is an epic love story about Khubilai Khan and his wife, whom he tries to bring back from the underworld. The performance blends Tibetan, Chinese and Indonesian theater techniques. The wild party is about two vaudeville performers and is based on the 1926 Beat poem by Joseph Moncure March that explores American jazz, film noir and poetry. Ambrosia of immortality is an episode from the Mahabarata, an epic of Hindu mythology, in which a war rages between gods and demons. Coyote's journey is a traditional Native California Karuk tale. 7 visions explores the roots of Latino heritage while honoring the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. |
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| Item Description: | Documentary film and shadow plays edited from live performances of the ShadowLight Production Company between 1979-2002. Title from ShadowLight website ; individual performance titles from container labels. Special features include interviews, slideshows and making-of documentaries about the performances. Videorecording] / ShadowLight Productions. |
| Physical Description: | 7 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Larry Reed, founder of ShadowLight Productions. |