AUFS Afghanistan Film Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.2.1 - 13
name: label: Collection Creator
content: American University (Washington, D.C.)
label: Collection Creator
content: Miller, Norman N., 1933-
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content: American University Field Staff Faces of Change collection
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content: American University Field Staff Faces of Change collection / Accession 1975-002
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (two film reels assembled film rolls 20 (camera rolls 39,40) and 21 (camera rolls 41,42), 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full film record shot in north central Afghanistan in a mountain village near Mazar. Shots include: scenes of open-air court proceedings held in the village; village headman presiding as disputants present their cases; scenes of men socializing outside a village cafe--man playing a native harp-like instrument while onlookers drink tea; boys tilling a garden plot.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Courts adjudication Afghanistan ; Legal procedures Afghanistan ; Musical instruments stringed instrument Afghanistan ; Garb turbans Muslims Afghanistan ; Tea as beverage male sociability Afghanistan ; Gardens tillage Afghanistan ; Entertainment of visitors music Afghanistan ; Tools shovels tillage Afghanistan ; Music

Credits: Di Gioia, Herbert filmmaker ; Hancock, David filmmaker ; Powell, Josephine ; Shafak, Toryali ; Dupree, Louis ; Dupree, Nancy, 1935-1980