Hermits

Hermits

87 mins | Documentary | April 11, 2015

25 years ago, American author Bill Porter (a.k.a. Red Pine) went to the Zhongnan Mountains to seek out modern Chinese hermits. His resulting book, Road to Heaven, was a touchstone for many westerners wondering what remained of Buddhist and Daoist asceticism in China. Now, for the first time, Bill Porter revisits Zhongnan to seek out those who seek from within, living quiet lives of deep devotion in some of the world's most stunning locales.

Hermits

87 mins | Documentary | April 11, 2015

Hermits
25 years ago, American author Bill Porter (a.k.a. Red Pine) went to the Zhongnan Mountains to seek out modern Chinese hermits. His resulting book, Road to Heaven, was a touchstone for many westerners wondering what remained of Buddhist and Daoist asceticism in China. Now, for the first time, Bill Porter revisits Zhongnan to seek out those who seek from within, living quiet lives of deep devotion in some of the world's most stunning locales.
Producers Emei Film Studio
Original title 隱士
Directors Chengyu Zhou, Peng Fu, Shiping He
Writers Chengyu Zhou, Peng Fu, Shiping He

Cast

Bill Porter

as Bill Porter