Sons of Haji Omar (1978)
• February 14th, 1978 • 0h 58min
Documentary
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Riverboom
Released on: 2024-09-25
Documentary, Comedy
In the year following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, young journalist Claude Baechtold finds himself in...
African Spirit
Released on: 2009-09-14
Documentary
A celebration of the diversity of Ethiopia's culture and wildlife. It journeys from North to South -...
Global Metal
Released on: 2008-06-20
Documentary, Music
In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most malign...
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Released on: 2005-09-14
Documentary, Music
The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New W...
Archipelago
Released on: 2017-12-02
Documentary
Men and women in the Horn of Africa and adjiacent regions of the Middle East tell stories of their r...
Kabul 24
Released on: 2009-10-09
Documentary
In the summer of 2001 the Taliban strategically captured 24 Shelter Now International Aid hostages t...
Marked
Released on: 2019-05-28
Documentary
This documentary explores Nigeria's cultural practice of marking, including its origins and meaning ...
Taxi to the Dark Side
Released on: 2008-01-18
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo B...
American Hardcore
Released on: 2006-09-22
Documentary, Music
Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documen...
Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988
Released on: 2003-01-01
Documentary, History
The Kabul National Museum, once known as the "face of Afghanistan," was destroyed in 1993. We filmed...
The Hornet's Nest
Released on: 2014-05-09
War, Documentary, History
Armed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, an...
Three Songs for Benazir
Released on: 2021-06-02
Documentary
The story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced pe...
A Venue For The End Of The World
Released on: 2014-09-14
Documentary
Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern...
The Forbidden Reel
Released on: 2020-03-03
Documentary, History
According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art...
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
Released on: 2004-07-09
Documentary, TV Movie
Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. ...
Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
Released on: 1985-01-01
Documentary, Music
Amir, shot during the height of the Afghan civil war in the 1980s, investigates and portrays the lif...
Where My Heart Beats
Released on: 2012-03-08
Documentary
In 1989, Swedish journalist, Khazar Fatemi narrowly fled the war torn country of Afghanistan with he...
Afghan Star
Released on: 2008-12-03
Documentary, Music
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse in...
Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope
Released on: 2019-09-03
Documentary
A powerful depiction of war in infamous global conflict zones. Directed by Oscar/Emmy documentary ma...
The Sea Stares at Us from Afar
Released on: 2018-01-19
Documentary
Huelva, Spain, an isolated region lost in time. The grass, the sand and the sky are the same that th...