PEOPLE & CULTURE

Searching For Sacred Mountain

IN PRODUCTION

Follow investigative journalist Liu Jianqiang as he navigates Chinas environmental crisis and his recent turn to Buddhism, revealing the dramatic clash between the governments ecological civilization rhetoric and the urgent reality of protecting vulnerable lands and habitats through ancient Chinese traditions.

Duration
1x30'
Production Company
Face to face Media
Original Language
English
YOP
2014
Definitions
HD
Political
Religion
Streaming
coming soon

synopsis

This documentary tells the story of Liu Jianqiang, an investigative environmental journalist and Beijing editor of ChinaDialogue who has recently converted to Buddhism. The documentary includes footage of senior Chinese government officials declaring their commitment to an "ecological civilization" that draws on Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and other Chinese cultural traditions as a means of addressing the country's growing environmental challenges. It also shows that leading Chinese academics are making the connection between such traditions and the protection of vulnerable lands and habitats. This is the follow on to Waking The Green Tiger, A Green Movement Rises In China.

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