David Attenborough talking carpets with a Kiwi repairer? The most British-Iranian crossover ever.
Follows Anna Williams, an Oriental carpet repairer from New Zealand, on a pilgrimage to Iran, where she stays with the Qashqai, and then to London where she meets Sir David Attenborough to talk about the Qashqai and their traditionally woven rugs.
Cinematography
Lush Qashqai landscapes that'll ruin your Zoom background.
Production
Genuine access to a vanishing weaving tradition.
Director
Anna Cottrell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Qashqai are among Iran's largest nomadic tribes, and their wool-dyeing knowledge—using madder root, indigo, pomegranate—predates synthetic dyes by millennia.
Anna Williams reportedly cold-emailed Attenborough's assistant for months; he agreed partly because his own home contains Qashqai rugs he'd never properly understood.
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