Afghan Nomads: The Maldar
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2014.2.6
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 2014-002
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 756 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film explores the nomadic Maldar people as they interact in their camp and in commerce with townspeople in Aq Kupruk in the Afghanistan valley of the Hindu Kush. The Maldar reveal the mixture of faith and distrust that has kept nomads and sedentary people separate yet interdependent over the centuries with an emphasis on political attitudes and questions of a people's integration into the nation.  FIlmed by David Hancock and Herb Di Gioia.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Nomads camel caravans Afghanistan ; Nomads camels migration Afghanistan ; Towns, villages and other settlements

Credits: Hancock, David filmmaker