Joktaou – Khronika miortvovo moria
1989
Kazakhstan; Soviet Union
70 minutes
undetermined
The Aral Sea. An island of water amidst the ocean of Central Asian deserts. Between Amu-Darya and Syr-Darya, age-old civilisations were nourished by the Aral Sea. Today, due to the gigantic irrigation works undertaken during the Soviet period, the rivers no longer spill into the sea, which is now drying up. The word ‘zhoktau’ conveys the distress and lament of a people forced to leave their homeland.
Production :
Kazakhfilm Studio
Kazakhfilm Studio
Distribution :
Orken Film Distribution
Orken Film Distribution
Editing :
Nadejda Novitskaya
Nadejda Novitskaya
Sound :
Alim Baïgarine; Igor Pozdenko
Alim Baïgarine; Igor Pozdenko
Photography :
Bolot Alimbaiev; Vassily Parfionov
Bolot Alimbaiev; Vassily Parfionov