TREASURE OF THE LISU

by Yan Chun Su
30’, USA, 2010
Italian premiere
The Lisu are natives of eastern Tibet who live in the mountains surrounding the bed of the Nu River, in southwestern China, an area squeezed between the ancient and modern worlds. Ah-Cheng, a musician and lute maker, even if illiterate, has very clear ideas about what is essential to the Lisu’s cultural identity. He carries on their most important traditions, above all the construction of six-stringed lutes. With this work, he attempts to save the region’s musical tradition and defend it against impoverishment by the music brought up there by Western missionaries.
 

	Yan Chun Su Yan Chun Su is a self-taught documentary filmmaker. Since 2006, her principal interest is in using film as a means to treat environmental themes and social issues such as justice, education in rural areas, and indigenous cultures in various parts of the world. She is now focusing on China, where she was born, even if she now lives in Colorado (USA).