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Featuring:MoZhong,WantWenGuang,theShanghaiSymphonyOrchestra,Maoistdancetroupes,Taoisttemplemusicandtea-dancetangobands. Description:Intheearly1980's,ChinawasjustemergingfromtherepressiveCulturalRevolutionwhichverynearlystampedoutmuchChineseclassicalandfolkmusic-threethousandyear-oldtraditions.Cautiously,musicians,singers,composersandconductorswerere-emerging,returningfromexileandbeginningtorevivesomeofthesuppressedmusic,allunderthevigilantgazeofsuspiciousgovernmentofficials. IntothismomentofregenerationcamedirectorJeremyMarreonaquesttocapturethetruemusicaltraditionsofChina.Constantlybattlingtoavoidthedull'official'musicalensembleshetraveledtoShanghai,Beijing,andtheIslamic,farnorthwesternregionofXinjian. InBeijing,hewasabletofilmWantWenGuang,oneoflessthan100Chinesewhocanstillplaythegu-qin,anancientzither-likeinstrument,inastirring,passionateperformance.LaterheencountersMoZhong,aTaoistpriest,andtempledrummerwhosehandswerebrokenduringtheCulturalRevolutioninordertokeephimfromplaying,aswellasayoungmasterofthepipa,atraditionallute,whomanagedtoperformbrilliantlydespiteconditionswhichkeephimfrompracticing. IntheIslamicnorthwest,averydifferentChinaisencountered,aChinawheremusicanddancestillflowersfreely,ascapturedhereinawildweddingcelebration.'CottonMillShanghaiBlues'isathought-provokingdocumentaryofadormant,ancientmusicalculturefinallyre-emerging.Inadditiontotheperformancesnotedabove,thisepisodefromtheBeatsoftheHeartseriesalsofeaturesacrobatsandpuppeteers,femaleballadsingers,Shanghaitraditionaloperaandteahousemusic.