Aga Khan
Aga Khan
1961, English. Directed by Gregory Shuker & D. A. Pennebaker & James Lipscomb.
In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary filmmakers including Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker. Between 1960-63, Drew Associates produced 17 documentary films for television. Aga Khan was part of a 12-film subset of these known as The Living Camera, which were funded by Time and broadcast in syndication around the country. It shows the young Prince Karim at a time when he recently took over as spiritual leader of his Ismaili Muslim community. The film follows him to Switzerland, France and Africa as he steps out of the shadows to lead as the hereditary Imam.
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- 0h 57m
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- 21 September 1961
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- United States of America
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Aga Khan (1961) was directed by Gregory Shuker and D. A. Pennebaker and James Lipscomb and stars Karim Aga Khan.