Genghis Blues
by Roko Belic
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Actor: Aislinn Scofield, B.B. King, Kongar-ol Ondar, Paul Pena, Richard FeynmanDirector: Roko Belic
Brand: New Video
Producer: Roko Belic
Producer: Adrian Belic
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-12-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: New Video Group
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DVD Review: A Story About The Power of Music and Friendship
Summary: 5 Stars
Filmmakers Roko and Adrian Belec graduated from college with the desire to "Never work a real job in their life". With an extraordinarily low budget, they decided to make a documentary film about the land of Tuva, a country at the north-western border of Mongolia. After reading Ralph Leighton's book "Tuva or Bust!", they contacted the author, who then introduced them to the blind blues guitarist Paul Pena.
Mr. Pena had taught himself to throat sing Tuvan music while listening to the CD "Tuva - Voices from the Centre of Asia". This was around the year 1991, during a period in which Paul was grieving the death of his wife. Alone, in a small apartment in San Francisco, the process of learning Tuvan multiple overtone vocal music provided some much needed distraction from his personal troubles.
Ralph Leighton was also an organizer of the group Friends of Tuva, which he co-founded with Nobel prize winning physicist Richard Feynman. The Friends of Tuva had invited some Tuvan musicians to America to sing as part of a cultural exchange program. During this visit, Mr. Pena formed friendships with the Tuvan vocalists and the idea for "Genghis Blues" was conceived.
Every three years, a throat singing competition is held in Tuva's capital, Kyzyl. Mr. Pena was invited to compete in a contest held there during the year of 1998. This film follows Paul Pena and his new friends on their journey to that remote land, which remains mostly untouched by Western Civilization. The resulting documentary is a story of the hardship of foreign travel, the rewards of cultural exchange, the shared love of music and the creative pursuit of filmmaking.
Though the film is often about experiencing atypical realities, in the closing performance of the blues standard, "You Gotta Move", we can also hear just how talented Paul Pena is in his native tongue. "Genghis Blues" is a film for all who strive to maintain enthusiasm for relating with new people, hearing different points of view, and becoming involved with unique modes of shamanic cultural expression.
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Paul pena head a sound something intensely beautiful but disturbing at the same time coming from his short-wave radio. The sound was that of tuvan throat-singers a sound that changed his life forever and sent him on a journey across the world to a land unknown. Studio: New Video Group Release Date: 12/05/2000 Starring: Paul Pena Richard Feynman Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Roko BelicBestsellers in DVD
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