Passport to Adventure - China


Explore the many faces of this vast and complicated land along with the kindness and humanity of a people too often defined only by statistics and stereotypes

Filmmaker Karin Muller is known for her fearless curiosity, amazing lingual skills, and knack for adapting to new environments. For three months, Karin traveled alone throughout China - living with Tibetan nomadic yak herders, Mongolian wrestlers, and Buddhist warrior monks. Through the eyes of businessmen and farmers, domestic workers and line-dancing matriarchs, Karin documented China’s extraordinary social, economic, and political transformation. Muller was invited behind the scenes of a traveling opera troop, professional cricket fights, and Shanghai’s dating market.  Explore the many faces of this vast and complicated land along with the kindness and humanity of a people too often defined only by statistics and stereotypes.