Sons of Haji Omar

Synopsis: Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtun tribal group in north-eastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on this family: Haji Omar, the patriarch, a wealthy settled nomad, determined on economic diversification through his sons; Anwar, the eldest, his father’s favourite, pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, attending school with a view to a job as a government official. Looks at pastoral nomadic activities, beginning in the spring camp in the steppe not far from the provincial centre, Baghlan, and moving in May and June up and over the Khawak pass to mountain pastures in the Hindu Kush. Haji Omar’s family home is near the small market town of Nahrin, which the nomads visit on their spring migration. Shows life in the bazaar, classes in the high school, dealings with government officials, and, the expression of local rivalries in the Central Asian sport of buzkashi. Sale on video direct from the RAI, hire on film from Concord.
Language: English
Country: Canada
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 58 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1978
Availability: Hire
Uses: Introductory courses in anthropology. *RAI
Subjects: Anthropology
Keywords: Afghanistan; Pathans; social life and customs

Director: Asen Balikci; David Newman; Eugene Boyko; Richard Sorensen; Timothy Asch
Producer: Don Hopkins; Douglas MacDonald; Michael McKennirey

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