North Caucasus Number 25

1st plot. Perestroika bypassed. The plot tells about the problems of viticulture and winemaking in Dagestan. Work in the vineyard in the "Aksai" winery, technicians and workers. Interview of the chief winemaker of the state farm Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov (sync. And behind the scenes), who talks about the problems of viticulture. General view of wine tanks. Queue of people at the door of the liquor store. 2nd plot. Folk rituals. The plot tells how in the village of Nizhnyaya Teberda schoolchildren are brought up in the spirit of national culture: they instill the best traditions and rituals of the Karachais, teach folk crafts. Secondary school students at a ceremony in the school yard during the opening of the festival of folk crafts and rituals; girls demonstrate their ability to spin wool, show a carpet weaved with their own hands. The girls talk (sync. And off-screen.) That grandmothers and mothers teach them folk crafts and traditions. Teachers tell (sync. And off-screen) how important it is not to forget the traditions and customs of the Karachai people. A woman at the cradle (a lullaby is played off-screen). Children in kindergarten. Panorama over the mountains, over the village. 3rd plot. Salam, America! The plot tells about the short-term stay of the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary D. Matlock with his wife in Checheno-Ingushetia. D. Matlock's meeting with his wife with bread and salt. Conversation at the table (sync. And for the frame.). Children perform a folk dance in front of the guests. Rebecca Matlock's visit to the children's hospital in Grozny and her delivery of medications. Rebecca Matlock photographs children, landscapes of Checheno-Ingushetia. Opening of an exhibition of photographs by Rebecca Matlock.

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speaker A. Dzobaev, music producer V. Belyansky, sound engineer V. Kachurin, editor F. Besaeva, editor I. Cherdzhieva