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.
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
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…