The documentary captures the story of blind blues musician Paul Pena. After a brush with fame and success in the 1970s, Pena's fortunes faded as he dealt with career and health problems.
While listening to shortwave radio, Pena heard a broadcast of throat singing, the Tuvan art of manipulating overtones while singing to make higher frequencies more distinguishable, essentially making it possible to sing two notes at once. Pena, over the course of several years, taught himself to throat sing to a very impressive degree. He eventually attended a concert of throat singing and, after the concert, impressed one of the throat singers, Kongar-ol Ondar, who invited him to visit Tuva, a republic of the Russian Federation and a formerly independent country from 1921 to 1944, under the name of the People's Republic of Tannu Tuva, and the home of throat singing, to sing in the triennial throat singing festival held there.
The entire journey, as well as the extraordinary mix of cultures and music, is captured in the documentary.
Productionedit
The Belic brothers shot the film with two Hi8 camcorders and edited it themselves. They were allowed to edit the film during nighttime at a professional editing facility. It took them three and a half years to finish the film after they shot it. All this time they lived on $500 a month in an apartment above an auto repair shop.[5]Christopher Nolan, a longtime friend of the brothers, is credited for his "editorial assistance."
genghis, blues, 1999, american, documentary, film, directed, roko, belic, centers, journey, blind, american, singer, paul, pena, isolated, russian, republic, tuva, pursue, interest, tuvan, throat, singing, directed, byroko, belicproduced, byroko, belicadrian, . 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 1 Genghis BluesDirected byRoko BelicProduced byRoko BelicAdrian BelicStarringPaul PenaEdited byRoko BelicAdrian BelicMusic byPaul PenaKongar ol OndarProductioncompanyWadi Rum FilmsDistributed byRoxie ReleasingRelease datesJanuary 1999 1999 01 Sundance Film Festival July 9 1999 1999 07 09 U S limited November 30 2000 2000 11 30 Australia May 25 2000 2000 05 25 Germany Running time88 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishRussianTuvan It won the 1999 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for a Documentary It was also nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 in the Best Documentary Feature category 2 3 4 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Production 3 References 4 External linksSynopsis editThe documentary captures the story of blind blues musician Paul Pena After a brush with fame and success in the 1970s Pena s fortunes faded as he dealt with career and health problems While listening to shortwave radio Pena heard a broadcast of throat singing the Tuvan art of manipulating overtones while singing to make higher frequencies more distinguishable essentially making it possible to sing two notes at once Pena over the course of several years taught himself to throat sing to a very impressive degree He eventually attended a concert of throat singing and after the concert impressed one of the throat singers Kongar ol Ondar who invited him to visit Tuva a republic of the Russian Federation and a formerly independent country from 1921 to 1944 under the name of the People s Republic of Tannu Tuva and the home of throat singing to sing in the triennial throat singing festival held there The entire journey as well as the extraordinary mix of cultures and music is captured in the documentary Production editThe Belic brothers shot the film with two Hi8 camcorders and edited it themselves They were allowed to edit the film during nighttime at a professional editing facility It took them three and a half years to finish the film after they shot it All this time they lived on 500 a month in an apartment above an auto repair shop 5 Christopher Nolan a longtime friend of the brothers is credited for his editorial assistance References edit Elijah Wald Film Writing Archive NY Times Genghis Blues Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times 2011 Archived from the original on May 21 2011 Retrieved November 22 2008 Documentary Winners 2000 Oscars 2000 Oscars org Finding Their Tuva External links editGenghis Blues official movie site Genghis Blues at IMDb nbsp Genghis Blues 1999 at Box Office Mojo How a Creole Singer Wowed Them in Shangri La Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Genghis Blues amp oldid 1206739005, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
