37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP
by Ben Hopkins
synopsis
In a series of scenes divided into "chapters”, we see revealing interviews with the Kirghiz, exciting and entertaining reconstructions, and comic scenes of the interaction between the film crew and the community. During this process, we learn how the Pamir Kirghiz’ antipathy to Communism drove them from Soviet Russia, then later from Maoist China, and finally from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to their current exile. And as the past is explored in interview and reconstruction, we see how the Pamir Kirghiz live today in modern Turkey.
international title: | 37 uses for a dead sheep |
original title: | 37 uses for a dead sheep |
country: | United Kingdom, Turkey |
sales agent: | Electric Sky |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Ben Hopkins |
film run: | 89' |
screenplay: | Ben Hopkins |
cast: | Arif Kutlu, Alpaslan Kutlu, Süleyman Atanìsev, Ìsmaìl Atìlgan, Şereban Aslan, Esat Tanrìverdì |
cinematography by: | Gary Clarke |
film editing: | Marco van Welzen |
art director: | Seda Orsel |
music: | Paul Lewis |
producer: | Ben Hopkins, Natasha Dack, Nikki Parrott |
production: | Tigerlily Films (GB), Pi Film Productions (TR) |