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Films
2 Films
Year of production
“1978”
x
Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
x
Region
Australia
1
Middle and Near East
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Australia
1
Keywords
Everyday Life
1
Herding
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Land Rights
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Social Organisation
1
Directors
Asch, Timothy
1
Balikci, Asen
1
MacDougall, David
1
Newman, David
1
Sorensen, Richard
1
Series
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
1
United States
1
Year of production
1978
2
x
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Sons of Haji Omar
1978
58
‘
Directed by
Timothy Asch
Asen Balikci
David Newman
Richard Sorensen
.
Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakenkhel, a Pashtun tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. Concentrating within one family, the film draw sharp, colourful portraits of the protagonists
Middle and Near East
Everyday Life
Nomads and Nomadism
Herding
To Get That Country
1978
70
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
An important historical film of events surrounding early meetings of the Northern Land Council in 1977, where uranium mining, land rights and Aboriginal leadership were the key issues.
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Land Rights
Social Organisation