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Genghis Blues
The story of a blind blues musician's triumphant journey to the lost land of Tuva.
19991h 27mNo ratings yet
- Music
- Documentary
Overview
Blind blues musician Paul Pena is perhaps best known for his song "Jet Airliner". In 1993, Pena heard Tuvan throat singing over his shortwave radio and subsequently taught himself how to reproduce these extraordinary sounds. This documentary follows him to Tuva, where he takes part in a throat singing competition. Languages featured in the film include English, Russian and Tuvan.
Keywords
- blues
- throatsinging
- tuva
- throat singing
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 19, 1999
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Russian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Wadi Rum Productions
- Director
- Roko Belic
- Writer
- Roko Belic
- Producer
- Adrian Belic
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0187859