Are The Mosuo Sisters and Through a Blue Lens both documentary films?
The Mosuo Sisters The Mosuo Sisters is a 2012 documentary film written and directed by Marlo Poras. It chronicles the lives of two sisters, Jua Ma and La Tsuo, who are members of one of the last matriarchal societies, the Mosuo tribe. Being an ethnic minority in China, the film explores their journey from working at a bar in Beijing to moving back home to their village in the Himalayas, dealing with the modern world impinging upon the traditional Mosuo culture and way of life.
Charles Wilkinson (director) Charles Wilkinson is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and film and television director. He is best known for his "environmental quadrilogy" of documentaries: "Peace Out", "Oil Sands Karaoke" and "" and "Vancouver: No Fixed Address". All four films premiered at Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, and have gone on to win awards at Hot Docs, the Vancouver International Film Festival and Yorkton Film Festival. Before moving into documentaries, Wilkinson worked for many years in dramatic television series and on feature films. His directing credits include such TV series as "", "The Immortal", "So Weird", "Dead Man's Gun", "Road to Avonlea", and "The Beachcombers", the feature films "Max", "Blood Clan", and "Breach of Trust" and the TV movie "Heart of the Storm". As a pre-teen, he was one of the original performers in the Calgary Safety Roundup, paired with his brother Billy as kid cowboy singers. "We sang both kinds - country and western."