“A Life in Shadows” is a living portrait of a centuries-old rural folk-art struggling to find its place in modern China.

In The Mountain Path, filmmaker Edward A. Burger journeys into the peaks and valleys of China’s Zhongnan Mountain range in search of a Buddhist hermit master.

Imagine devoting eight hours every day, 365 days a year, to silent contemplation in every task you do. One Mind offers a window onto life at one of China’s most austere and revered Chan monasteries, Zhenru…