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Sons of Haji Omar

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Original title: Sons of Haji Omar
Year: 1978
Running time: 59 min.
Country: Afghanistan
Director: David Newman
Screenwriter: Asen Balikci, David Newman
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Eugene Boyko
Producer: Co-production Afghanistan-Canada;
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film
Synopsis: 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.

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Sons of Haji Omar

1978

David Newman