The author interprets – an often neglected film by Tian Zhuangzhuang (1987). The movie was made soon after poor reception of the director’s two avant-garde works, when he decided to complete several mainstream projects. Tian Zhuangzhuang himself did not really care about them too much. However, the author of the article discovers that the movie The Drum Singers, adapted from a novel by the outstanding writer Lao She, includes elements of the director’s mature style and also several of his favourite subjects. The author’s aim is to rediscover this forgot-ten masterpiece and discuss its artistic qualities.
The author conducted interviews with regional artists from Sułoszowa (Lesser Poland) and sur-rounding areas, and also examined the archives collected by them, to in this short essay invite readers to read the story of little-known folk groups. The research carried out by her is a re-sponse to the needs of these creators and promoters of culture associated with the Sułoszowa municipality who, aware of the increasing difficulty of finding successors of folk traditions, are waiting for signs of any ingenuity able to save their achievements from oblivion.
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