AUFS Afghanistan Film Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.2.1 - 4
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 (44 minutes, two film reels (1,850 feet) assembled film rolls 6 (camera rolls 11,12) and 7 (camera rolls 13,14), 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: the harvesting of wheat on the steep Afghan mountainsides; early-morning scenes in a domestic compound of the village including shots of men washing and reciting morning prayers to Mecca; sunrise in the village; long-range overviews of the mountainous terrain; juxtaposed shots of the village nested in a mountain valley and Afghan homesteads perched atop adjacent peaks; scene in the interior of a circular mountain house with blankets as floor covering; a young girl rocking cradle.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Crops agricultural wheat Afghanistan ; Harvests wheat Afghanistan ; Wheat method of harvesting Afghanistan ; Garb turbans Muslims Afghanistan ; Work groups harvesting Afghanistan ; Prayer Muslims Afhganistan ; Dwellings circular Afghanistan ; Tools sickles use of in harvesting Afghanistan ; Cradles Afghanistan ; Herders cattle goats Afghanistan

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