One Hundred Entertainments

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1978

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Shows the Shensi Provincial Acrobatic Troupe on stage and behind the scenes as they tour Shensi Province, China. Records their brilliant feats of balancing, juggling, and tumbling, plus colorful Lion Dances and hilarious comedy routines. Follows the acrobats into their homes as they tell about their 2,OOO-year-old art form and compare their precarious existence before the revolution with the vastly improved working and living conditions they enjoy today.

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