Southeastern European Studies/Romanian Studies: Time for Documentaries, Part 3 – Culture, History and Politics
Presentation of the Bulgarian documentary „Chia e tazi pesen?/Whose is this song?“ (2003, Original with English subtitles) | Plot below
Filmplakat Chia e tazi pesen? (Whose is this song?)
This event is in the past.
Event details
Export this event in ICS format
- Start
- End
- Types of event
- Act/Performance/Cinema Show
- Theme Day
- Venue
-
Internationales Centrum "Haus auf der Mauer"
Johannisplatz 26, Großer Saal
07743 Jena
Google Maps site planExternal link - In the context of
- The Fascination and Variety of Southeastern Europe
- Language of the event
- Bulgarian with English subtitles
- Wheelchair access
- No
- Public
- Yes
Filmplakat "Chia e tazi pesen?" (Whose is this song?)
Image: Adela Peeva„Chia e tazi pesen?" (Whose is this song?)
Whose Is This Song? (Chia e tazi pesen?) is a documentary from 2003. Searching for the origins of a folk song she'd heard as a child, director Adela Peeva embarks on an odyssey through the Balkans (Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). Her search is rewarded again and again, but reveals that reality is much darker than memory - she discovers the song in a myriad different languages and styles; as love ditty, religious hymn, even military march. The song is a testament to the cultural ties binding the region's warring ethnicities.
Welcome to the Balkans!