The music of a well-known folk singer and the rituals practised in Shan State depict the filmmaker’s inner world as well as the profound sense of loss experienced by the people after more than 70 years of civil war.
Language: Eng Duration: 71 min Age Limit: 7+
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Song of Souls
Director: -Country: -Year: 2023Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 71 minShan State in Myanmar is home to a rich culture filled with ancient songs, traditional dances and beliefs. It is also a place where civil war has been raging for over seventy years. Shan folk singer Nan Mya Han was a star when she was young. Now that she is older, her metaphorical verses reflect the deep sense of loss that pervades a people battered by Myanmar’s ruinous politics. Interweaving her songs with compelling scenes of rituals around healing, death and birth, the film transcends the purely observational to become a multilayered, elliptical exploration of decay and impermanence that is both moving and totally mesmerizing.
