Aga Khan (1961)

In 1960 Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates joining him were a number of wellknown or soontobe wellknown documentary filmmakers including Richard Leacock Albert Maysles and DA Pennebaker Between 196063 Drew Associates produced 17 documentary films for television Aga Khan was part of a 12film subset of these known as The Living Camera which were funded by Time and broadcast in syndication around the country It shows the young Prince Karim at a time when he recently took over as spiritual leader of his Ismaili Muslim community The film follows him to Switzerland France and Africa as he steps out of the shadows to lead as the hereditary Imam