Sons of Haji Omar
MovieTitle | Sons of Haji Omar |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Feb 14, 1978 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | David Newman |
Production country | Canada |
Production companies | ONF | NFB |
Run time | 58 min. |
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.