A Tajik man lifts a stone, and a mountain brook is diverted to turn a mill wheel which grinds wheat into flour. From the first slow turn of the grinding stone to the Tajik woman’s traditional tithe to the miller for grinding her grain, the magnificent camera work gives the viewer an intimate look at the age-old process which provides bread for these remote mountain people. A simple, epic evocation of the ingenuity of early man in utilizing his natural resource.
Films » Grinding Wheat
Grinding Wheat
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: 7 min.
Decade Produced: 1960s
Years Distributed: -1969
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: B&W Safety
Footage Count: 249'
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.
