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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.
“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.
