Documentary About Musical Tajik Bukharian Alaev Family Now Streaming on YouTube

The Alaev Family, a multigenerational family folk-rock group, has been performing for more than 50 years, blending Eastern European, Jewish and Roma influences in unforgettable performances. 

After the fall of the Soviet Union, their benevolent dictator, Papa Allo, moved his clan from their native Tajikistan to Israel, where he has continued to exert his will. Only his equally strongwilled daughter, Ada, has dared to resist until now. As Papa nears 80, the patriarch’s power begins to slip further, calling into question the future of the family business.

A documentary, The World of Papa Alaev, has been featured at many Jewish film festivals and is now streaming on YouTube.

Here is a trailer for the film, which you can see in its entirety at 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTAqX65DOc. 

Enjoy!