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- It centers on the journey of blind American singer Paul Pena to the isolated Russian Republic of Tuva to pursue his interest in Tuvan throat singing.
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Sep 24, 1999 · The heart of "Genghis Blues" is in the music and its singers. Throat singing sounds as if it were discovered and perfected by musicians like Paul Pena, awake in the middle of the night, searching the dials of their minds for the stations between the numbers.
Genghis Blues is a 1999 American documentary film directed by Roko Belic. It centers on the journey of blind American singer Paul Pena to the isolated Russian Republic of Tuva to pursue his interest in Tuvan throat singing. It won the 1999 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for a Documentary.
Apr 21, 2000 · "Genghis Blues," an Oscar-nominated documentary, is the tale of that improbable journey--and much more. What starts as a somewhat larky jaunt with a couple of young cameramen quickly turns...
Roko Belic's good-hearted, wonderfully revealing film ''Genghis Blues'' is the record of that arduous but triumphant journey, which Mr. Pena made with a small film crew and some friends.
Oct 28, 1999 · Genghis Blues: Directed by Roko Belic. With Richard Feynman, B.B. King, Kongar-ol Ondar, Paul Pena. San Francisco bluesman and composer, Paul Peña makes a musical pilgrimage to the land of Tuva.
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- Documentary, Music
- Roko Belic
- 1999-10-28
Even though Pena must return to his meager existence, the viewer is left with images of his improbable, though triumphant journey. Genghis Blues, which won an audience award at Sundance, is a very warm and human film. It should be appreciated by anyone who is fascinated by other cultures or who loves world music. Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
Dec 28, 2000 · Genghis Blues. Genghis Blues (Roco and Adrian Belic, 2000) is about the moment, rarely documented, when one cultural phenomenon influences another, in this case, when blues meets Tuvan multi-harmonic throat singing. At the beginning, the filmmakers introduce themselves and the contingent needed to make this journey-road movie, which allows each ...
