Documentary · Canada · 1978 · 58m

Sons of Haji Omar

Director

Cast

Crew

Eugene Boyko — Director of Photography Hannele Halm — Editor David Newman — Writer Asen Balikci — Writer Dennis Sawyer — Producer Michael McKennirey — Producer

Synopsis

Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a 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.

Mood & Themes

afghanistan anthropology

Key Collaborators

David Newman Director Eugene Boyko Director of Photography Hannele Halm Editor David Newman Writer Asen Balikci Writer Dennis Sawyer Producer Michael McKennirey Producer Douglas Macdonald Producer Don Hopkins Producer

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