From the Heart of the World
KARAKUL
Black Ashes
Schuchrat Machmudow
Usbekistan 1996
15 min
V'01
This is an impressive documentary about Karakul lambs who are separated from their mothers when they are three days old, and sent off to be slaughtered for their fur, which is highly prized in the world market. In the final scene, the lambs are driven away on a truck. There is no room for sentimentality towards animals in the rough Uzbek wilderness.
Credits
Uskinochronika, 1a Chilansarskaja Street, 700115 Taschkent, Usbekistan, T 71 277 03 50, F 71 277 14 57 Uskinochronika
