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Sons of Haji Omar [electronic resource] / produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-production with the National Anthropological Film Center of the Smithsonian Institution ; directors, Timothy Asch, Eugene Boyko ; producer, Michael McKennirey ; writers, David Newman, Asen Balikci.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- Pushto
- Subjects (All):
- Nomads--Afghanistan.
- Nomads.
- Social change--Afghanistan.
- Social change.
- Afghanistan--Social life and customs.
- Afghanistan.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (58 min.) : sd., col.
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1978.
- Language Note:
- In English and some spoken Pashto with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The social and family structure of the Pashtoons of Afghanistan. Documentary follows a group of these nomads as they lead their flocks from the lowlands up to the heights of the Hindu Kush. In today's world, sons must consider agriculture and government work as well as traditional nomadic life.
- Participant:
- Gordon Courtnay.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Feb. 23, 2012).
- Previously released on DVD.
- Recorded in Afghanistan.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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