HCMC – Film Screening “Y/Our Music” by David Reeve and Waraluck Hiransrettawat Every

Thu 25 Jun 2015, 8 pm
Charlot Hall, 2nd floor
Hoa Sen University

From Vanity Production Vietnam and The Onion Cellar:

ASEAN Music Festival 2015 also features the debut of sounds by southeast (sxse) – The Onion Cellar & Vanity Vietnam’s co-rated series of southeast asian music documentaries. Consisting of 3 feature films and a special showcase of shorts, sxse’s first installment celebrates musicians operating on the fringe of society: Yangon’s underground punk-rockers (in Yangon Calling), the last haranistas of the Philippines (Harana), practitioners of traditional Thai music (Y/our Music), and Vietnamese left-field pathfinders (the Vietnam films of Vincent Moon).

Y/OUR MUSIC (82 min / Thailand / 2014)

Directed by David Reeve & Waraluck Hiransrettawat Every

[vimeo width=”700″ height=”393″]https://vimeo.com/101403530[/vimeo]

Y/OUR MUSIC immerses itself in the world of Thai musical expressions, from traditional music to labor songs and classical pop to urban indie music, spanning different locales and generations.

As nine musicians display their musical expression, the rural or urban environments that influenced their sound are also explored. The hands that play traditional instruments amid the red dust clouds, the work songs being hummed in front of grains awaiting harvest, and the indie music born out of concrete basements – all create a melodious ecosystem, captured in a sensory journey from the noisy polluted streets of Bangkok to the calm, arid fields of Isan (the country’s northeastern region bordering Laos and Cambodia).

While inhabiting different worlds, the musicians are linked by the same passion to bring their artistic aspirations to the fore and survive outside the pop mainstream.

Screening schedule

22.6 harana – philippines
23.6 the vietnam films of vincent moon – vietnam (obviously)
24.6 yangon calling – myanmar
25.6 y/our music – thailand

Entry by donation (on the door)