Private Project

A true Documentary

A director has come to the Valley to shoot a documentary on
the typical life of the Kalash.
In a joking way this film deals with documentary and truth.

  • Birgitte Glavind Sperber
    Director
  • Birgitte ´Glavind Sperber
    Writer
  • Birgitte Glavind Sperber
    Producer
  • Akiko Wada
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2002
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Denmark
  • Country of Filming:
    Pakistan
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    MiniDV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Göttingen International Ethnographic Festival 2002
    Göttingen
    Germany
    May 10, 2002
    Premiere
Distribution Information
  • Birgitte Glavind Sperber
    Country: Denmark
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Birgitte Glavind Sperber

Birgitte Glavind Sperber: Born 1942, M.Sc. in Biology and Geography from University of Copenhagen. Retired senior lecturer in Geography and Biology from University College South in Denmark.
Every year 1983-2008 and in 2018, 2019 and 2022 long stays, in total over 2½ years, among the Kalasha, a non-Muslim minority living in the Hindukush Mountains in NW Pakistan .
Education in social anthropology from Aarhus Open University. Author of books and ethnographic papers on the Kalasha.
Since 2000 shooting with a camcorder.
First film made at Danish Film Institute’s Video-workshop in Haderslev in 2001.
Since then working alone at my computer at home.
12 of my Kalasha documentaries have been selected for screening at 24 international film festivals. Two have been awarded ("The Last Honours" and "Kalasha Medicine").

Add Director Biography
Director Statement

Shot without the knowledge of the protagonist. As that is problematic from an ethical point of view, his identity is hidden. Only screened once at Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival in 2002 where the other filmmakers laughed and one said: "You taught us a lesson.".