A travel film blending ethnography and adventure in remote Soviet Asia by filmmaker John Knoop. Tuva was once part of the Mongolian Empire. It’s lush valleys were pastures for the herds of Genghis Khan. From Kungar Tug, near the border with Mongolia, the filmmakers traveled by raft and canoe down the Yenessei River, through pristine wilderness. They met shamans, throat singers, fundamentalists known as ‘Old Believers’ and saw no evidence of the 20th Century.
Produced by John Knoop & David Boatwright
Directed, photographed & edited by John Knoop
Sound recorded by David Boatwright
On line editor: Ed Rudolph
Narrator: David Boatwright