Requiem For A Tribe

Documentary | Feature

SYNOPSIS

Hajar is a 55-years-old Bahktiari grandma who is betrayed by her family and forced to abandon her nomadic lifestyle. Climate change, urbanization and social issues have drastically diminished the traditional migratory activities of the Bakhtiari tribe from Southwestern Iran.

Movie specifications

Duration : 50 & 70 Minute

Release Date : 2024

Country of Production : Iran/Spain/ Qatar

Director : Marjan Khosravi

Written by: Marjan Khosravi , Milad Khsravi

Screenplay : Marjan Khosravi

Producer : Milad Khosravi, Stephanie von Lukowicz

Editing : Loghman Sokhanvar

Additional cameras : Mohmmad Gholipour, Marjan Khosravi

 Cinematography : Mahdi Azadi

Storyline

Hajar has a dream. She wants to reconnect with her childhood memories and the tradition of her people, the Bakhtiari, a nomadic tribe from southwestern Iran. In 1976, the American director, Anthony Howarth shot the extraordinary documentary “People of the Wind” to portray the huge migratory action of the Bakhtiari, which used to move some 500,000 people and up to one million animals over the massive Zagros Mountains, a unique phenomenon in the world. During these times, the nomads used to travel on foot for eight weeks through nature. Hajar was only a child when she appeared in Howarth’s film. Hajar is longing for those beautiful days…