- Genghis Blues
Infobox_Film
name = Genghis Blues
imdb_id = 0187859
director =Roko Belic
starring =Paul Pena (Himself)
writer =
producer =Roko Belic andAdrian Belic
distributor =Roxie Releasing
released = flagicon|USA January, 1999 (Sundance Film Festival )
flagicon|USAJuly 9 ,1999 (limited)
flagicon|AustraliaNovember 30 ,2000
flagicon|GermanyMay 25 ,2000
runtime = 88 min.
language = English
budget =
music = PenaKongar-ool Ondar
awards =
tagline ="Genghis Blues" (1999) is a
documentary film directed byRoko Belic . It centers on the journey of blind American singerPaul Pena to the isolated Asian nation ofTuva due to his interest in Tuvanthroat singing .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.ynopsis
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 throatsinging, 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 throatsing to a very impressive degree. He eventually attended a concert of throatsinging and after the concert impressed one of the throatsingers,Kongar-ool Ondar , who invited him to visit Tuva, a province of Russia, a formerly independent country and the home of throatsinging to sing in the triennial throatsinging festival held there.The entire journey is captured in the documentary, as well as the extraordinary mix of cultures and music.
ee also
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Tuva
*Independent film External links
* [http://www.genghisblues.com/ "Genghis Blues" official movie site]
*imdb title|id=0187859|title=Genghis Blues
* [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=genghisblues.htm Genghis Blues (1999) at Box Office Mojo]
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