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Genghis Blues (Full Frame)

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Paul Pena heard a sound - something intensely beautiful but disturbing at the same time - coming from his short-wave radio. The sound was that of Tuvn throat-singers, a sound that changed his life forever and sent him on a journey across the world to a land unknown. In his search for harmony and the answer to a mystifying obsession, music helped Pena bridge two cultures. This Oscar-nominated film is the story of a blind blues musician and his triumphant trek to the forgotten land of Tuva nad the mysterious art of khoomei, or throat-singing, a seemingly impossible form of singing that produces multiple vocal tones simultaneously. Paul Pena, who has played with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Jerry Garcia, Muddy Waters and BB King, travels to Tuva to live among the descendants of Genghis Kan and compete in their triennial khoomei contest.

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Concert footage, Interview with filmmakers, Tuva information page, Director Commentary, Weblinks.

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