Blog Entries on Arts and Entertainment
Paths of the Soul
A Film Review
Regardless of each person’s personal reason, the ultimate purpose of the pilgrimage was to pray for others.
Plastic China
A Film Review
A glimpse of how two families live their lives recycling plastic waste in China.
The China Hustle
A Film Review
A documentary about financial fraud, but one that requires discernment.
Great Books of China
A Book Review
In this anthology of sixty-six works, Frances Wood provides a succinct but rich overview of the “doings” of the oldest continuous civilization on earth.
Maineland
A Film Review
What happens when you take wealthy urban high school students and drop them down in a small town in Maine?
Wangdrak’s Rain Boots
A Film Review
For a glimpse of Tibet, for a good story about childhood struggles and a precious friendship, or just for the opportunity to see how something as simple as rain can turn a town upside down, this is a worthy watch.
Lost and Love
A Film Review
Hope in the face of devastating loss. A film about child trafficking in China.
China’s Fake Boyfriends
A Film Review
With Chinese New Year only two weeks away, there is definitely an energy in the air—shopping, planning trips home, booking dinners and gatherings. Underneath this flurry of festive activity lies a very real and difficult social struggle.