Sons of Haji Omar (movie)

Sons of Haji Omar (movie)

  • Production country: Canada
  • Producer: David Newman
  • Production companies: ONF | NFB
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 2/14/1978
  • Run time: 58 min.

Movie description

Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, attending school with a view to a job as a government official.