Overview - No. 17 Cotton Mill Shanghai Blues: Music of China

Date of release

Genres

  • Music
  • Documentary

Runtime: 60 minutes

Homepage: No. 17 Cotton Mill Shanghai Blues: Music of China

Budget

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Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • 普通话
  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Harcourt Films

    Production country

  • Name: Shanachie Entertainment

    Production country

Overview

This thought-provoking documentary examines the ancient musical traditions of China and the near-elimination of them during the Cultural Revolution of the 1980s. Among the subjects observed: one of the less than 100 Chinese citizens who can still play the traditional zither-like instrument known as the ququin, and a wild wedding celebration in Islamic northwest China.

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