Sons of Haji Omar (1978, 58 min., Afghanistan) by Asen Balikci, Timothy Asch, and Patsy Asch focuses on Haji Omar and his family who are members of the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. Over twelve months the film documents the family’s migration between spring lambing camp, markets, and their winter home. A discussion will follow the screening. The Ethnographic Film Series is sponsored by the National Anthropological Archives and organized by Joshua A. Bell, cultural anthropologist and curator of globalization, National Museum of Natural History. Founded in 1975, the National Anthropological Film Collection (formerly known as the Human […]