Martha
Burr and Mei-Juin Chen are currently producing a documentary titled The
Black Kung Fu Experience, co-produced by ITVS and Lotus Films
International, which will soon be broadcast on the famous national American
channel PBS (Public Broadcasting Service).
At
the end of September, the two producers will begin the last part of filming in
Cameroon, in the company of Master Saatenang who will lead them along the
footsteps of his extraordinary destiny. In fact, the documentary, made in
the form of chronicles, especially focuses on this Black Shaolin; no doubt he’s
one of the few on earth to embody not without a certain elegance an exceptional
and unprecedented cultural mosaic. Prince of Bafou. First African
member of Shaolin Temple. Shi Yan Mai in a way personifies a common
thread that the two journalists are undertaking to follow. Neither East.
Nor West. Africa’s colors. China’s ink. On his shoulder and
in his heart.
This
film will also be the opportunity to discover or rediscover the strong cultural
currents emerging from this resolutely multi-ethnic Black Kung Fu Experience:
blaxploitation, reggae made in Jamaica, or even Hip Hop and urban culture.
