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Aga Khan (1961)
Directed by Gregory Shuker, D. A. Pennebaker, James Lipscomb
Documentary · 57m
In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary filmmakers including Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker. Between 1960-63, Drew Associates produced 17 documentary films for television. Aga Khan was part of a 12-film subset of these known as The Living Camera, which were funded by Time and broadcast in syndication around the country. It shows the young Prince Karim at a time when he recently took over as spiritual leader of his Ismaili Muslim community. The film follows him to Switzerland, France and Africa as he steps out of the shadows to lead as the hereditary Imam.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Gregory Shuker, D. A. Pennebaker, James Lipscomb
- Editor
- Ellen Hovde, Leon Prochnik, Patricia Powell
- Producer
- Robert Drew
Details
- Release date
- 1961-09-21
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Time-Life Television Productions, Drew Associates