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FILM- Gobi Women's Song New York Premiere Nov. 4
Posted by: Sas Carey <[log in to unmask]>
Gobi Women's Song a 73-minute documentary filmed in Mongolia, will
have its New York Premiere at the Rubin Museum, 150 West 17th St. on
Saturday, November 4 at 4 PM. $15.
http://www.rmanyc.org.
Set against the background of barren expanses, Gobi Women's Song
immerses the viewer in a different world. It is a world in a
transitional moment, one that has occurred in all cultures, which
decides the future lives, environment and life style of its people.
Five 21st century nomadic women share the rhythm of their harsh daily
lives. These are women who live the same lifestyle their ancestors did
3000 years ago--women who still hum the song of the soul passed down
from their grandmothers.
We see that Gobi women truly belong to their environment. Their lives
are centered around the births and deaths of children, making and
seasonally moving traditional homes, caring for livestock, making food
and drink and obtaining water. They maintain a delicate balance
between themselves and their land. Without balance, their lives are at
risk. If they are sick, for instance, they can't move. Not moving
promotes over- grazing of their land and inadequate pasture for their
animals. Questions are brought up about medical practices, the meaning
of modernity, the relation of women to their men and children and the
place of traditional values in a changing world.
The women, true to their custom of hospitality, open their lives to
us. They honor us with invitations to their homes, land, and hospital.
They share their births, their food, their healing. As we get to know
them, we will hold them in our hearts. We relate to them. And we
wonder what their future will bring.
Director Biography
Sas Carey, RN, M.Ed., is a holistic nurse and educator who evolved
into a filmmaker and lecturer. From her work in medical surgical
nursing, counseling, drug and alcohol prevention, teen programs,
women's health, and as a book author, she came upon her mission in
life to integrate Eastern and Western health care. This took her to
China and Mongolia in 1994. In 1995, she began her research in
Traditional Mongolian Medicine with a three month intensive course,
which she documented on her 18minute film, Steppe Herbs, Mare's Milk
and Jelly Jars: A Journey to Mongolian Medicine. Two years later, she
worked as a Health Education consultant for the United Nations
Development Programme. Since then, Sas has frequently traveled to
Mongolia, set up five laboratories in rural Gobi Desert hospitals,
taken vitamins to Dukha Reindeer herders, and shot Gobi Women's Song,
a documentary on nomadic women and healers. She is director of Life
Energy Healing School, where she uses Mongolian Medicine as a model
for holistic health care. A mother and grandmother, Sas is dedicated
to increasing awareness and understanding of Mongolian nomads' life
and health.
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