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Chamon (Contagion) / Arman Gholipour Dashtaki.
چامون (جيماری کير) آرمان قالی پور داشتکی.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Dashtaki, Arman Gholipour, director, producer, cinematographer.
DEFC.
Heritage Broadcasting Service, issuing body.
Language:
English
Iranian (Other)
Subjects (All):
Bakhtiari (Iranian people)--COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020.
Bakhtiari (Iranian people).
Bakhtiari (Iranian people)--)--Social life and customs.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (62 minutes)) : sound, color
Place of Publication:
Iran : Archaeological Legacy Institute, [2020]
[Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2020]
Language Note:
In Farsi with English subtitles.
System Details:
digital
Summary:
This documentary narrates the story of Iran’s Bakhtiari Tribe, the largest group of Iranian migratory nomads, who in spring every year move en masse to a summer pasture where they can find water and plants for their livestock. This annual migration was made famous by the 1925 ethnographic documentary film, Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life. However, the Bakhtiari find this to be an unusual year, because the tribe is forced to stay in their winter quarters or pick the hard way, since the roads that the Bakhtiari would normally travel to migrate are closed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on July 7, 2025).
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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