Pomak Portraits: Women of Breznitsa

Asen Balikci
1997
43 minutes

 

'Women of Breznitsa' is the first film in the series of two devoted to the Pomaks. It depicts life in the village of Breznitsa (southern Bulgaria) focusing on female labor, the process of re-Islamization after the fall of communism and the increasing Western influence.

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Göttingen: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film
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