Sons of Haji Omar (1978)

Sons of Haji Omar

1978

Documentary

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.

Credits

Director

David Newman

Crew

Eugene Boyko (Director of Photography)

Hannele Halm (Editor)

Dennis Sawyer (Producer)

Don Hopkins (Producer)

Douglas Macdonald (Producer)

Michael McKennirey (Producer)

Adrian Croll (Sound)

Bernard Bordeleau (Sound)