Tea and the World: The Meaning of Tea Film Screening
Thursday, February 11th 2010 @ 1:21 PM
Film Screening: March 17, 2010 - Asia Society presents a documentary from Tea Dragon Films, by first time Director, Scott Chamberlin Hoyt
Tea has been bringing peace, calm, health, friendship, and wisdom into peoples lives for 5,000 years. The Meaning of Tea is a journey on film, and a collection of interviews recorded in several countries throughout the world. It travels to the tea gardens of present day Darjeeling, India, to visits with tea company executives and footage of the Japanese tea ceremony in modern day Japan, and in Northern Taiwan, it offers a glimpse into the lives of tea growers, tea pluckers, tea masters, tea musicians, a teapot maker, teen-aged tea drinkers, and traditional tea lovers. Interviews in England, Ireland, France, and Morocco are also featured, as well as the lives of people living in Tea, South Dakota, USA.
The rituals and ceremony of tea enjoyed in a myriad of cultures, is portrayed as a kind of global connective tissue. Within this common thread, is a weaving together of individual stories of tea in peoples lives. Ultimately, the inherent question that underlies this expedition, is whether tea has meaning, particularly in a world increasingly influenced by mass-marketing, fast food, and corporate coffee giants. The film also examines the role that certain forces play in threatening the survival of tea and its cultural significance, while supporting the imperative to take a stronger interest in tea in modern society that is fast losing its connection to the earth. The film pays homage to an age-old treasure still appreciated today for its charming characteristics, cheerful mood altering properties, and beneficial contribution to the lightness of human well-being.
This artistically rendered film embraces the essential spirit of tea, and the original music of the film complements many of the exquisite scenes around the globe.
The Meaning of Tea Film Screening at Asia Society takes place March 17, 2010 from 6:30 to 9 pm at the Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY - Members: $10, nonmembers: $15, students and seniors: $12
Event Registration (212)-517-ASIA (M-F 1pm-5pm)
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