Ropa Vieja Films Presents

MU XIN: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

Synopsis

Mu Xin is a man who has sacrificed everything for his art. While falsely imprisoned during China’s Cultural Revolution, Mu Xin was given scraps of paper by his captors to write forced "confessions.” Instead, he secretly wrote the “Prison Notes”; 66 dialogues with history’s greatest minds - as well as 33 exquisite miniature landscape paintings. If caught he risked execution, but it was through this act of artistic faith that he survived this period mentally and physically, while so many others did not.

A short documentary portrait on the life of one of the world's great artists co-directed by OSCAR® Nominated filmmakers Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello, produced by artist and cultural critic Chen Danqing and veteran producer Scott Mosier, MU XIN: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND will expose new audiences to one of the most original, important yet largely unknown artists of the last century.

High Definition Video
Anticipated Running Time: 25 Minutes
Anticipated Release Date: 2012

Donations:
“Mu Xin: Notes from the Underground” needs your support! The producers are actively engaged in a fundraising campaign to meet a 2012 release date.

Please contact us for a link to a short fundraising trailer and information on how to make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation to our film.

Crew

produced and directed by: Francisco Bello, Tim Sternberg

executive producers:: Chen Danqing, Frederick L. Gordon, Scott Mosier

photographed by: Francisco Bello, Chuck Moss

edited by: Tim Sternberg

MU XIN: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND is made possible by the generous support of the Tribeca Film Institute, the Vital Projects Fund, the Rosenkrantz Foundation, and the Queens Council on the Arts.