- event type:WOMEX 24 Film Screening
- date:25 Oct 2024
- time:20:15 - 21:30
- city/area:Manchester
- venue:HOME
- country:United Kingdom
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
Original title: လိပ်ပြာလင်္ကာ
Directed by Sai Naw Kham
Duration 71’ | Shan with English subtitles
Shan folk singer Nan Mya Han was a star when she was young. Now that she is older her metaphorical verses reflect the deep sense of loss that pervades a people battered by Myanmar's ruinous politics. Interweaving her songs with compelling scenes of rituals around healing, death and birth, the film transcends the purely observational to become a multilayered, elliptical exploration of decay and impermanence that is both moving and totally mesmerising.
Sai Naw Kham made his first foray into directing in 2014 with The Crocodile Creek, a short film which merged myth and memory to explore present-day environmental issues in Myanmar’s Yangon River. His next film, 32 Souls, portrays one woman’s memories in this war-torn part of Myanmar. Song of Souls is his first feature-length documentary.
Production Country, Year Myanmar, 2023
Produced by Soe Arkar Htun
Director of Photography Soe Kyaw Htin Tun
Sound Zaw Lar, Mann Paye Phyo Aung
Music Ramo, Kyaw Ko Ko
Editor Sai Naw Kham
