Grindstone Films

A worldwide filmmaking collaboration. Composed of fifty 2 minute scripts by different writers, with each script to be filmed by a different filmmaker they will be edited together to make one feature length film.

This documentary introduces viewers to qigong, a 5,000-year-old method of cultivating and circulating the life energy called qi. It relates some of the history of qigong, as well as scientific evidence of efficacy. We also see qigong used in various contexts in modern China, and hear from Chinese doctors and qigong practitioners. The film was originally produced for the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.