AUFS Afghanistan Film Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.2.1 - 26
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 (57 minutes, two film reels (2,016 feet) assembled film rolls 45 (camera rolls 89,90) and 46 (camera rolls 91,92), 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 worshipping outside local mosque; line of worshippers on a parapet praying in the direction of Mecca; recitations by a mullah kneeling on parapet; craftsmen at work in the village; tinker at work in his shop; marketplace scenes and food vendors serving lunch; children at play; ring games; boys roughhousing and wrestling; men and boys repairing a roof with mud daub.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Mosques prayer Afghanistan ; Prayer Muslims Afghanistan ; Crafts tinkers woodworkers Afghanistan ; Tools tinkers carpenters Afghanistan ; Markets Afghanistan ; Meals Afghanistan ; Play games children ; Roofs repair of Afghanistan ; Sports wrestling Afghanistan

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