THE NEW PLASTIC ROAD
The New Plastic Road is a character-driven documentary film that reveals the gradual economic and social change underway in the remote, destitute communities within the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region east of Tajikistan in the Pamir Mountains.
SYNOPSIS
Davlat is a Tajik merchandiser and a humble father of three children. A well respected businessman in the Pamir area, a mountainous region southeast of Tajikistan in the borders with China. His life has been transformed since the opening of the Tajik- Chinese border and the reconstruction of the old Silk Road. A road full of surprises and new experiences for Davlat and his family.
THEY SAY
“Τhe highway’s construction in the course of the twentieth century led not only to a physical, but also a social transformation of the region. Labor migration of Ismaili Tajiks to various settlements along the road resulted in ethnically and confessionally mixed communities.”
– Till Mostowlansky, Paving the Way: Ismaili Genealogy and Mobility along Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway, 2011
