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Amir : an Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan /

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Musician Amir Mohammad moved from Herat, Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan in 1979 as a result of the Marxist regime and civil war in his homeland. Through him viewers are introduced both to Afghan music and to the poverty and isolation faced by refugees. In the accompanying booklet, ethnomusicol...

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Corporate Authors: National Film and Television School, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Authors: Amir Muhammad, 1931-1997, Khan, Shah Wali, Khan, Satar, Sultani, A. W., Baily, John, 1943-
Format: Video VHS
Language:Persian
Pushto
Subjects:
Musicians > Pakistan > Peshawar > Social life and customs.
Musicians > Afghanistan > Social life and customs.
Music > Pakistan > Peshawar.
Music > Afghanistan.
Refugees > Afghanistan > Social conditions.
Refugees > Pakistan > Peshawar > Social conditions.
Peshawar (Pakistan) > Social life and customs.
Ethnomusicology.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
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Summary:Musician Amir Mohammad moved from Herat, Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan in 1979 as a result of the Marxist regime and civil war in his homeland. Through him viewers are introduced both to Afghan music and to the poverty and isolation faced by refugees. In the accompanying booklet, ethnomusicologist John Baily discusses the making of a documentary film as a form of research and fieldwork.
Item Description:In Dari (Afghan Persian) and Pashto with English subtitles.
Videocassette release of the 1985 motion picture.
Title of accompanying booklet, from cover: The making of Amir: an Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan: a study guide to the film.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages ; 22 cm.)
Format:VHS.
Audience:Music.
Awards:Prix Special de Jury, Bilan Ethnographique, Musee de l'Homme, 1986; Society of Visual Anthropology, Award of Excellence, 1989.
Production Credits:Photographed by Wayne Derrick.