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37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP (clip)
This clip gives idea of the intensity of the Pamir Kirghiz tribe's displacement from their home in Russia through China, Afghanistan and eventually Turkey where a sense of longing still pervades.
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37 Uses for a Dead Sheep |
| British filmmaker Ben Hopkins presents a decidedly different kind of ethnographic documentary focusing on the epic tale of the Pamir Kirghiz, a semi-nomadic tribe from Central Asia currently living in Turkey. Dramatic recreations — featuring amused members of the Pamir Kirghiz — intermingle with Hopkins' own interviews and wry observations to recount the tribe's recent history and the persecutions they endured after World War II. What emerges is a story of hardship and resilience, and a profile of good-humored, gracious, ingenious people. | |
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