DVD of this documentary is now available at: butterflybutterfly.info Title: Mosuo Song Journey Running Time: 37 min Director, Videography & Editor: Diedie Weng Producer: Diedie Weng, Carol Bliss Year: 2007 Synopsis: In the summer of 2004, Chinese filmmaker, Diedie Weng, followed American scholar, Carol Bliss, and Mosuo writer, Lamu Gatusa, to collect traditional Mosuo folk songs for Carol’s research. From touristic Mosuo villages to remote Mosuo mountain villages, “Mosuo Song Journey” presents a personal journey resonating with the singing of different generations of Mosuo people in a transitional period of their life under the influence of tourism, pop culture and education. Surrounded by mountains, on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan Province in Southwest China, the Mosuo people live on the banks of Lugu Lake. For over a thousand years, many Mosuo people have kept a Matrilineal tradition, in which women head the household. Mosuo sisters and brothers live in the family organized by the bloodline of their mothers. Within this unique background, the Mosuo have been encouraged by the state to develop tourism since the early 1990’s. As a result, Mosuo society has started opening to the world and attracting increasing worldwide attention as “A Kingdom of Goddesses” from both tourists and scholars. Screening and Distribution: * Apr. 2008 Squeaky Wheel Screening, Buffalo, NY * Apr. 2008 Asia Catalyst Screening, Columbia University, NYC. * Mar. 2008 Mid-Atlantic Chapter of …
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