Sailing a Sinking Sea is a feature-length experimental documentary exploring the culture of the Moken people of Burma and Thailand. The Moken are seafaring people and one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in Asia. Wholly reliant upon the sea, their entire belief system, education, and economic and physical development revolve around water. Sailing a Sinking Sea illuminates the Moken lifestyle through recorded traditional music, folklore and conversations with the Moken people. Through intimate and dynamic cinematography and audio recordings, Sailing a Sinking Sea weaves a visual and aural tapestry of Moken mythologies and present-day practices.
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by Olivia Wyatt color 65 min 2015 in Thai Southern Thai Burmese Moken with English subtitles Sailing A Sinking ...
Sailing A Sinking Sea - SXSW 2015 Accepted Film
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SXSW Film 2015 "Sailing a Sinking Sea"
Director Olivia Wyatt talks about her documentary exploring the culture of the Moken people of Burma and Thailand that's premiering at South by Southwest.
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"Sailing a Sinking Sea" Q&A w/Olivia Wyatt at 2015 Rural Route Film Festival moderated by Denis Blot at Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria Queens NY.
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