AUFS Afghanistan Film Project
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1975.2.1 - 5
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 (1,612 feet) assembled film rolls 12 (camera rolls 23,24) and 13 (camera rolls 25,26), 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: overviews of domestic compounds in the village with their mud-brick walls; a man seated atop one of these walls playing a flute; a young boy shaving the head of a man with a safety razor; scenes of male sociability on the porches of homes and shops; interview with the head of a household.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Hair treatment of Afghanistan ; Barber shaving of heads Afghanistan ; Musical instruments flutes Afghanistan ; Garb turbans Muslims Afghanistan ; Tea as beverage sociability Afghanistan ; Dwellings domestic compounds Afghanistan ; Entertainment of visitors music drinking Afghanistan

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