Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century Chinese scroll entitled The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1691-1698), scroll seven . As Hockney unrolls the beautiful and minutely detailed work of art, he traces the Emperor Kangxi’s second tour of his southern empire in 1689.
Unfortunately the movie A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Philip Haas | Director |
| Production | Philip Haas | Producer |
| Writing | David Hockney | Writer |
| Editing | Curtiss Clayton | Editor |
| Camera | Curtis Clark | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Marc Wilkinson | Music |
| Sound | Susumu Tokunow | Sound Editor |
