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Narrated by Janet Suzman, this rare and beautiful documentary explores the life and artistic vision of Henry Moore. The grandeur of his work, with its feel for natural forms and its essential humanity, is magnificently captured on film as viewers see in China one of the largest exhibitions of the great sculptor's works ever assembled. Featuring works that span the artist's 60-year career, the exhibition of 106 sculptures was hailed by leading art experts as the most important showing of Western art in China since the Revolution of 1949. As well as unique footage of Moore's life and work, the film includes contributions from Chinese scholars, contemporary artists Phillip King and Cornelia Parker, the Ashmolean Museum and the Morris Singer Foundry. Also, in Beijing's Beihai Park, the former Imperial Gardens adjacent to the Forbidden City, twelve monumental bronzes were sited around the lake among spectacular Ming Dynasty settings.
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