In 2006, Minnesota poet Jim Lenfestey traveled to China with Red Pine (Bill Porter) to seek the cave where 1,200 years before Han Shan discarded the cares of society to live as a hermit poet. St. Paul filmmakers Mike Hazard and Deb Wallwork followed along to document their journey.

In the documentary Burton Watson, Jim Lenfestey, Red Pine and Gary Snyder describe the poet’s life, their relationship with Han Shan and also read from his poems.

Cold Mountain: Han Shan can be watched online here.

http://www.cultureunplugged.com/embed.php?m=2457