SongsfromKansu
Director: Pedro Barros Brito (Brazil) Producer: Liu Sufang
Akyns song cycle is a form of poem and folk entertainment in the Kazak culture that is improvisation in the form of a song-like recitative with the accompaniment of a Dombra . Jiahenur, a prestigious Akyn singer in his region, is our guide in a musical journey through the life of the Kazaks in the Chinese city of Kansu, his hometown. All voice-over in the documentary is impoverished by Jiahenur and the
Dombra solos are played by Alaxi, his son.