Songs of the Blue Hills”, a documentary on contem-porary Naga folk music, has been invited to the North Carolina Global Film Festival in the US.
Directed by National Award-winning film critic and filmmaker Utpal Borpujari, the 2013 docu-mentary will be screened this weekend at the fest, read a statement.
“Songs of the Blue Hills” takes viewers on a journey of contemporary Naga folk music practices and brings under the focus both the music and debate between purists and those who believe in experimenting with folk sounds.
Produced by the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) of Union Ministry of Culture, the film has already been screened at many prestigious film festivals, including Guang-zhou International Docu-mentary Film Festival (China), Parma Internatonal Music Film Festival (Italy), 11th Eyes and Lenses Ethnographic Film Festival (Poland).
It has also been screened at New York Indian Film Festival, The 96-minute film was part of the Indian Panorama at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, in November last year.(IANS)
