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The absence of apricots /

In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan, there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn't been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing massive floods which immersed fields and entire village. Thousands of people got dislocated and had t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Faezi, Daniel Asadi (Director, Producer, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:Miscellaneous languages
Language Notes:In Burushaski with English subtitles.
Published: [London, England] : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Pakistanis.
Storytelling > Pakistan.
Natural disasters > Pakistan.
Pakistan > Social life and customs.
National characteristics, Pakistani.
Pakistanais.
Art de conter > Pākistān.
Catastrophes naturelles > Pākistān.
National characteristics, Pakistani
Manners and customs
Natural disasters
Pakistanis
Storytelling
Pakistan
documentary film.
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan, there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn't been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing massive floods which immersed fields and entire village. Thousands of people got dislocated and had to look for different places where to live. All that remain are memories, passed to the new generation in stories. The Absence of Apricots surveys this haunted landscape, sketching everyday life of its inhabitants, as it is interwoven with memory, myth, and loss.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 04, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (49 minutes)
Playing Time:00:48:45
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Lilli Pongratz ; assistant director, Ali Atif ; editor, Mila Zhluktenko ; sound, Mila Zhluktenko & Ali Atif ; music, KAVALL & Andy Aged.