AUFS Afghanistan Film Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.2.1 - 28
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 (42 minutes, two film reels (1,488 feet) assembled film rolls 49 (camera rolls 97,98) and 50 (camera rolls 99-102), 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: men cooking on traditional mud-brick ovens next to market stalls; blacksmith and ironworker at anvil/forge; shoemaker at work; barber shaving a man's head; man and boy crossing river with donkey; irrigation works and channeling of water to gardens from river; boys swimming in river rapids; walled paths around the village; shops and cloth merchant; tinker at work; long-range shots of the valley and mountains surrounding village.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Markets shops Afghanistan ; Blacksmiths Afghanistan ; Leatherworker shoe repair Afghanistan ; Barbers shaving Afghanistan ; Markets Afghanistan ; Irrigation gardens Afghanistan ; Crafts tinker tinsmith Afghanistan ; Cooking ovens Afghanistan ; Ovens mudbrick Afghanistan

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