David Newman
Director
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.
Homepage | http://www.der.org/films/sons-of-haji-omar.html |
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Release Date | 1978-02-14 |
Runtime | 58m |
Directors | David Newman, Eugene Boyko |
Producers | Don Hopkins, Douglas Macdonald, Michael McKennirey, Dennis Sawyer |
Writers | David Newman, Asen Balikci |