Genghis Blues

The extraordinary odyssey of a U.S. musician of Cape Verdean ancestry to Tannu Tuva, in central Asia, where nomadic people throat sing than one note simultaneously, using vocal harmonics. A bluesman, Paul Pena, blind and recently widowed, taught himself throat singing and was by chance invited to the 1995 throat-singing symposium in Kyzyl. Helped by the Friends of Tuva, Pena makes the arduous journey. Singing in the deep, rumbling kargyraa style, Pena gives inspired performances at the festival, composes songs in Tuvan, washes his face in sacred rivers, expresses the disorientation of blindness in foreign surroundings, and makes a human connection with everyone he meets. Written by Genghis Blues is a 1999 American English-language Documentary movie featuring Paul Pena, Richard Feynman, B.b. King, Kongar-ol Ondar and Aislinn Scofield. Wadi Rum Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Roko Belic and Adrian Belic. The movie is directed by Roko Belic. Roxie Releasing acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Genghis Blues was released on 28th October 1999 in English,Russian and Tuvan languages and takes a screen time of 88 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. Editing was done by Roko Belic and Adrian Belic. The music was composed by Paul Pena along with Kongar-ol Ondar.
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