Music In The Middle Of Tay Nguyen
Documentary/Vietnam/ 32min/2020
Production: Giai Phong Film Joint Stock Company
Director: Lâm Lê Dũng
Screenwriter: Trần Quốc Sơn
Cinematography: Lâm Lê Dũng
Synopsis:
Kaly Tran, a Bana man, comes from Kontum. He embraces the dream of preserving, building and developing the music of Tay Nguyen in general and the traditional music of the Bana people in particular. With enthusiasm and passion, Kaly Tran has gradually collected, learned and improved many types of Gong, Lithophone, t’rung … and also other musical instruments such as Ding But, Ching Gong, Bro Ot, Ding Klok, Ting Ning, Rong Roih, Ho Gor… that few people know and play today. Kaly Tran has founded the great Kaly Band with nearly 100 musicians and dancers in order to promote it to the community, especially to young
people who see the diversity and popularity of Tay Nguyen musical identity that is always resounding in the villages and echoing everywhere.
Director’s biography:
Director Lam Le Dung, born in 1967, graduated with Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Directing Industry from HCM Academy of Theatre and Cinema. He won one Silver Lotus, one Silver Kite, the Consolation Prize of the Vietnam Cinema Association and the Second Prize of the 2nd National Sports Film Festival.