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)
Films » Making Gunpowder
Making Gunpowder
Alternative Title: N/A
Series Title: Mountain Peoples of Central Asia
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Badakhstan (Northeastern Afghanistan)
Tribe or Group: Tajik
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 10 min.
Decade Produced: 1960s
Years Distributed: 1969
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: B&W Safety
Footage Count: 382'
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.
