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“Village Music”13th Chinese Film Festival Munich

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Drawing of a large tree with two thick trunks. Many people are sitting at its foot
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The film follows the young Uyghur Seneti and the musicians in an Uyghur village community in the heart of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang over a period of six years. Seneti grows up to the rhythm of the village and adopts the musical culture of his generation. China 2024, 96 minutes, documentary/music film, original with English subtitles, directed by Lina Wang. FSK-rated 6 years and older

This event is in the past.

The film follows the young Uyghur Seneti and the musicians in an Uyghur village community in the heart of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang over a period of six years. Seneti grows up to the rhythm of the village and adopts the musical culture of his generation. China 2024, 96 minutes, documentary/music film, original with English subtitles, directed by Lina Wang. FSK-rated 6 years and older

The film captures sounds and rituals in black and white and infrared images, including muqam and harvest songs – music as a language between people and the earth.