This useful film reveals in crisp detail the simple, but physically demanding domestic life of the nomadic Pushtu — no cleansers, no appliances, and no concern for “rough, red, hands.” The unveiled and weathered face of the Pushtu wife — cloaked in her traditional garment as she prepares and kneads the precious flour into dough — reflects the relentlessness of her environment. She skillfully fashions large flat discs of dough, then bakes each separately by pressing it to the convex side of a great copper pan.
Films » Baking Unleavened Bread
Baking Unleavened Bread
Alternative Title: Baking Bread
Series Title: Mountain Peoples of Central Asia
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Badakhstan (Northeastern Afghanistan)
Tribe or Group: Pushtu
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 10 min.
Decade Produced: 1960s
Years Distributed: -1969
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Color Safety
Footage Count: 351'
Sound: Un-narrated, Native Music
Notes: Shot and edited before African Village Life films. IFF took Schlenker's footage and cut into 14 separate films. Schlenker owns OCN. Earlier title was Baking Bread (titles changed @ 1972). There are 14 titles in the Mountain Peoples of Central Asia series: 10 were released first in 1969, 4 were released in 1972.
