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Birdsong

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This film is available to stream worldwide.

Content advisory notice

Film contains some themes relating to death, violence

This film will be playing at the AoDR 2024 Festival between the 5th – 21st January, 2024.

This film was selected at the AoDR 2024 Festival, and was available between the 5th - 21st January, 2024.

Year

2022

Location

United Kingdom

Duration

18 minutes

Director(s)

Omi Zola Gupta, Omi Zola Gupta

Writer(s)

Omi Zola Gupta, Omi Zola Gupta

Cast & crew

Production: Dorn Bouttasing

Description

“Birdsong” explores the dying whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose sonic exchanges straddle the boundary between music and speech. The film follows the personal stories of three individuals from Long Lan village, as they reflect on their experience as practitioners of a vanishing musical language.