Film

Zikir

The collapse of the Soviet Union itself is encoded in Zikir, by Kyrgyz director Shamil Japparov, completed on the cusp of post-Soviet independence. Shamanic and Sufi tropes about healing were common at the time, largely because scientific methods were no longer working. The film’s documentary form, for this reason, is important.

Regie

Shamil Japparov

Status

Veröffentlicht

Veröffentlichung

01/01/1992

Originalsprache

Russisch