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Singing on the Road

Liu Xiaojin

Release year: 2015

Run time: 50 mins

Film type: Documentary

Synopsis

In 2004, four years after the dissolution of the Yunnan Folk Culture Heritage Museum, documentary director Liu Xiaojin, at the invitation of folk artists from the museum, inherited Mr. Tian Feng's legacy and founded the Yunnan Original Folk Music Workshop. From September to October 2005, folk artists from the workshop had an opportunity to tour the United States. This was the first international cultural exchange event organized by the workshop. The film documents their 30-day performance tour in the United States and their visit to Mr. Tian Feng's gravesite after returning to Beijing.

 

Director biography

Liu Xiaojin was for a long time a documentary film director for Kunming TV. She had an Asia Council fellowship to NYC, and one of her films was screened at the Margaret Meade Documentary Film Festival.