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Director's Talk and U.S. Premiere of The Giant Buddha at Leshan
Award-winning documentary producer and director, Steve Talley, will introduce his film and speak about his experience filming archaeological sites in China and throughout the world at the China Institute in New York City.
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The newest addition to the popular Manmade Marvels series on the Discovery Channel, this episode goes deep into the heart of China’s Sichuan province in search of the largest stone sculpture in the world. Award-winning documentary producer and director, Steve Talley, will introduce the film and speak about his experience filming archaeological sites in China and throughout the world. Resident Scholar Dr. Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu, a consulting archaeologist to UNESCO who appears in the film, will also join the discussion.
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