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tribes were left with my late brother (Abdollah), after his death, and they are supposed to be sent from Chile to Iran to be added to the
journey around the world on a motorbike, they deliberately passed through bizarre places to create amazing visual films that are now a
milestone in film history, a documentary record of a vanished world: peoples, cultures, and even entire countries that no longer
exist.Heading east, Omidvar brothers first passed through Pakistan, India, south-east Asia and Australia, eventually crossing the Pacific
and heading up through Alaska and Canada into the Arctic
A vast sweep all across and down the Americas ended with a trip to Antarctica then, after a brief trip home, a new round of exploration in a
2CV, which they drove through Africa, somehow managing to get the vehicle through the Congo and the formidable barrier of the Ituri
continent and from Canada, we reached the North Pole
We lived with Eskimos for about seven months
In South America, we stopped in Colombia for about a month so we could travel to the Amazon [rainforest], where we lived with primitive
then we went to Paris with our motorcycles
There, we went to the Citroen company to get a car so that we could take ourselves to Africa
Of course, we returned to Iran with that car and stayed in Iran for three months, and after that, we started our plan to travel to Africa
and excitement of exploration
They also bring an interesting counterpoint to a visual medium that was, at the time, dominated by America and Europe
While the rest of the world was racing to modernity and feeling smugly superior to so-called primitive peoples, Abdollah and Issa Omidvar
had an easy affinity and respect for those they met, something that gave them unique access to sights and sounds that were soon to be lost
What we also see is a world in a far better condition than might be imagined: forests seem endless, remote people seem happier and more
secure in their lives; it is a world before globalization, and a place cleaner and far less hectic.When their journeys ended, Abdollah
settled in Chile, founding a successful film company and cinema, while Issa returned to Iran as something of a celebrity
There in Tehran, he built a museum to house all the artifacts that he and his brother had collected
It's a place very much worth a visit.Throwing their film-making kit on their bikes and with just $90 each to spend, they set out to see the
most remote people they could find
En route, they created a visual record that is now a milestone in film history, a documentary record of a vanished world: peoples, cultures,
and even entire countries that no longer exist.Travel fans may visit their pictures, personal belongings, and other associated objects at
