Filmed in High Definition on location in Vietnam, Fall 2005-Spring 2006. Produced by the Vietnam Fund for Education, Music, and Infrastructure in collaboration with the Earthville Network and Naked River Films.

Filmed and edited by Lubosh Cech. Soundtrack composed by Eric Oberthaler and Mark Ackermoore; produced and edited by Mark Ackermoore.

More information at the film's website.

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Lotus and Lightning is a cultural love story, an artistic drama, and a spiritual thriller. Bridging the genres of documentary, biopic, and art film, Lotus and Lightning is a cinematic poem woven from the music, images, and wisdom of the 11,000 year-old culture of Vietnam. It is a story of power and grace, of humanity and nature, of tradition and change, as viewed through the wisdom and artistry of a master musician and his extraordinary family in a village near Hanoi.

- Mark Ackermoore

A feature-length film has been proposed for the future.