Requiem for a Tribe - True/False Film Fest

Requiem for a Tribe

A 55-year-old family matriarch from the nomadic Bakhtiari tribe in Iran is forced to abandon her home and begin anew.
Director: Dir. Marjan Khosravi
Runtime: 70
Fest Year: 2025
Producers Milad Khosravi & Stephanie von Lukowicz
Interweaving everyday routines with archival footage from the 1976 documentary People of the Wind, Marjan Khosravi’s directorial debut simultaneously depicts past and present. Khosravi illustrates the impacts of urbanization and climate change on the migratory patterns of the Bakhtiari tribe and the irreversible damage to the place it calls home. Compounding life shifts are seen through the lens of Hajar Faramazi, a grandmother and caretaker of the land. Hajar has been a nomad her entire life. She treasures her sheep and spends her days tending to her animals, collecting the harvest, and providing for her husband and sons. Hajar dreams of making one final nomadic journey, following in the footsteps of her ancestors, but this quest is brutally interrupted when she is betrayed by her family. (AT) Preceded by short “The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing.”Q&A with director Marjan Khosravi