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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Herding”
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Country of production
“United States”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films available on demand
1
Region
East Africa
1
Middle and Near East
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Kenya
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
1
Herding
2
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Marriage
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Directors
Asch, Timothy
1
Balikci, Asen
1
MacDougall, David
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Newman, David
1
Sorensen, Richard
1
Series
Turkana Conversations
1
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
1
United States
2
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Year of production
1976
1
1978
1
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
The Wedding Camels
1976
108
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘A Wife Among Wives’), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s
East Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Animals
Herding