The Sons of Abraham

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1985

Creator: Land Mark Films

Complete Record: Political and religious views of Muslims, Shiites, and Palestinians. EWS Street full of people in Iran. Soldiers standing in front. MS hundreds of men waiting to cast votes. MDS street precession for a martyr. EXT MCU women in mourning at grave. ECU Koran pages. MCU pan of men in prayer. ECU drawing of Ali. MDS street full of people. WS clouds reflecting on a river. WS people on the river in canoes. MS small island/home made of reeds, with cows on it. MCS children sitting for class, slow pan. WS view of the Mosque during sunset. VS men lashing themselves in homage to the martyrdom of Ali. ECU to STILL man bleeding from self inflicted lashings. LS small town in the middle of the desert. CS cows plowing field. WS tobacco field. WS people at the banks of a river. MS United Kingdom tanks and troops setting up camp. LS ocean waves with a city in the distance. VS shots of war torn villages, and people doing everyday things. EXT WS soldier in a street. MS old Buick blown up and covered in dirt. EWS pan of ruined city. VS snipers, and soldiers running with guns. MS people walking down a desert road. WS camels carrying stuff up a road. EWS rows of land, stepped into a mountain. WS tiered fields shot from above. EXT LDS people in prayer to the Koran. VS men with guns, sitting around and talking. LDS overlooking shots of the city called Sauna. VS shots of Sauna being washed with white plaster. CS people walking through crowded streets. MS old man with a loom. ECU yarn, going through spindles, and on to the loom. WS a field on fire with the setting sun behind it. VS oil refinery. MS people marching with guns. MS soldiers marching down a street in uniform. EWS pan of desert towns. VS children marching in a funeral procession. VS cemeteries.