Sons of Haji Omar
Release Date: 1978-02-14
Rating : 0/10
Duration : 58 minutes
Genres : Documentary
Director : David Newman
Writer : David Newman, Asen Balikci
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.