Threshing Wheat

Alternative Title: N/A

Series Title: Mountain Peoples of Central Asia

Summary:

These are short and unpretentious films, each describing in the simplest possible manner a distinct technological activity. The filming style is straight-forward, descriptive, and linear; all the film sequences refer exactly to the title subject. These films have no English commentary or subtitles; native music is used for sound (American Anthropologist, Volume 74)

Description:

Edited Film

Country/Location: Badakhstan (Northeastern Afghanistan)

Tribe or Group: Tajik

Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker

Production Company: IFF

Running Time: 9 min.

Decade Produced: 1970s (edited)

Years Distributed: -1972

Film Gauge: 16mm

Stock: B&W Safety

Footage Count: 308'

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. There are 14 titles in the Mountain Peoples of Central Asia series: 10 were released first in 1969, 4 were released in 1972.

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