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A Short Film About Vendettas

Synopsis

Republic of Georgia. Region Svaneti. A portrait of a mother, Nargisa Niguriani. 30,000 people live in Svaneti, the one family that do not practice and enact vendetta justice is Niguriani. Nargisa explains the protocol of vendettas, and why she would still kill for her children.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
22 mins
Format
DV
Director
Tom Marston
Editor
Tom Marston
Director of Photography
Tom Marston

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tom Marston

50 Viceroy Road
London SW8 2EZ
UK

T+44 (0)7884 348 520

johnevelynmarston@hotmail.com

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