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Sons of Haji Omar (1978)
Directed by David Newman
Documentary · 58m
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.
Crew
- Director
- David Newman
- Writer
- David Newman, Asen Balikci
- Director of Photography
- Eugene Boyko
- Editor
- Hannele Halm
- Producer
- Don Hopkins, Douglas Macdonald, Michael McKennirey, Dennis Sawyer
Details
- Release date
- 1978-02-14
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB