The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West

The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 6, 2016

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West

Director

Barry Strugatz

Description

The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West is the first major feature documentary about Tai Chi and one of its greatest masters, Cheng Man-Ching, a man who brought Tai Chi and Chinese culture to the West during the swinging, turbulent 60’s. Though Cheng is an important transformational figure, his teachings have been overlooked. This documentary film tells the story of his remarkable life and features Tai Chi as a martial art and a spiritual practice. Over the past decade, we have shot approximately fifty hours of footage in New York, North Carolina, and California.