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The Kirghiz of Afghanistan (1975)
Directed by Andre Singer, Charlie Narin
Documentary · 51m
The Kirghiz of Afghanistan are a group of some 2,000 pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a narrow isthmus of land between the borders of the Soviet Union and China. For nine months of the year heavy snows cover the ground, which was formerly used only by the Kirghiz for their summer pastures before the borders were closed, virtually terminating the contact of this group with other Kirghiz communities. Although the film shows dramatically the ten-day journey which lowland traders must make to reach this remote people, as well as scenes of a Kirghiz wedding and the traditional Central Asian sport of ‘buzkashi’ – demonstrating the horse-riding skills of the people – there is very little about the pastoral economy and society of the ordinary Kirghiz.
Crew
- Director
- Andre Singer, Charlie Narin
- Director of Photography
- John Davey
Details
- Release date
- 1975-01-01
- Runtime
- 51m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United Kingdom