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201818 minGdoc-short

Ritual

201818 minGdoc-short

Eighteen minutes of footage features Svyatoslav Ponomarev as he develops Tibetan throat singing in Russia, using personal archives and newsreels.

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Khalil Akhmetzyanov

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Eighteen minutes of footage features Svyatoslav Ponomarev as he develops Tibetan throat singing in Russia, using personal archives and newsreels.

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Svyatoslav Ponomarev, an artist and musician, develops Tibetan throat singing in Russia. The 18-minute film incorporates materials from his personal archive and newsreels from open sources. It also features texts by Sergei Kuskov and Heydar Dzhemal. Through these elements, the documentary presents Ponomarev's creative process and the cultural significance of his work within the context of Russian music.

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