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“Sun Islanders” is a documentary film that chronicles the day-to-day lives of the traditional people of the island of Qeshm, the largest island in the Persian Gulf. The film explores the dualities of traditionalism and modernity that have touched the previously unspoiled nature of the island as well as its ancient people. Qeshm was a Portuguese colony in the sixteenth century. Today, dozens of Iranian and African ethnic populations live together side by side on the island. The gradual entrance of technology and the modern industrial world to this island have forged a unique lifestyle onto its traditional inhabitants. On the one hand, the people of this seemingly quiet island continue to fish and make boats using primitive methods. On the other hand, cell phones, computers and billiards have gradually seeped into their everyday lives. “Sun Islanders” is infused with the mysticism of the surrounding nature as well as the jarring realities of a changing world; a world where sparkling shopping centers sit next to ancient open-air bazaars. While the islands’ young people are smuggling in luxury goods from the west, the elders on the island pass their days as generations have done before: harvesting the land and the sea under the beating sun. Director: Jafar Abdipour Documentary 50 min DVCam Color 2001 |
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