In Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley, families who kept hand-woven silk alive through decades of Soviet bans now face a flood of cheap printed copies. A shimmering portrait of a fragile craft.
In Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley, silk has been woven by hand for centuries. The families at the centre of this film kept it alive through the Soviet era, when looms were confiscated and hidden in secret rooms, and now face a flood of cheap printed imitations. In a shimmering palette that echoes the silk itself, the film listens to its makers, many of them strong, independent women, and asks what survives when knowledge is passed on by hand.
