* GENGHIS BLUES (Film Series - Museum of Russian Icons)

GENGHIS BLUES 
A film by Roko and Adrian Belic, 1999
88 min, in English 
   
Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, 3:00-5:00 pm
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, 5:00-7:00 pm
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, 3:00-5:00 pm
$8, Museum members; $12, Non-members.
Includes Museum admission. A discussion will follow the film.
 
Genghis Blues chronicles the extraordinary odyssey of Paul Pena, a blind Massachusetts blues musician of Cape Verdean descent, who teaches himself Tuvan "throat-singing" - a mysterious and complex art in which multiple vocal tones are produced simultaneously - and is by chance invited to the 1995 throat-singing festival in Kyzyl, Tuva, in central Asia. A film about cultural curiosity, unexpected friendship, and the transformative power of music, Genghis Blues is an inspiring testament to the vitality of the human spirit. The film has won 70 awards at international film festivals including the 1999 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. Click here for more information.