Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar, the patriarch; Anwar, the eldest, his father's favorite, a pastoralist and expert horseman; Jannat Gul, cultivator and ambitious rebel; and Ismail, the youngest, attending school with a view to a job as a government official.
| Directing | David Newman | Director |
| Writing | David Newman | Writer |
| Writing | Asen Balikci | Writer |
| Camera | Eugene Boyko | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hannele Halm | Editor |
| Production | Don Hopkins | Producer |
| Production | Douglas Macdonald | Producer |
| Production | Michael McKennirey | Producer |
| Production | Dennis Sawyer | Producer |
| Sound | Bernard Bordeleau | Sound |
| Sound | Adrian Croll | Sound |
| Sound | Ingrid Cusiel | Sound |
| Sound | Hans Peter Strobl | Sound |
