STORY: "If you talk about the cinema of Afghanistan during the past 20 years, before the fall of Kabul, you cannot deny our names. We are part of the history, like, we women filmmakers." Three years ...
How do you make a documentary when you can't film in person — and even hiring a cameraperson is risky? That was the challenge for the award-winning Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, who left the country ...
S1: Welcome in San Diego , it's Jade Hindman , one of the films in this year's GI Film Festival highlights the importance of interpreters during the war in Afghanistan. We'll talk with the filmmakers.
KABUL, Afghanistan — A 12-year-old Afghan boy starring in the upcoming film “The Kite Runner” fears he and his family could be ostracized or even attacked because of a rape scene that he says he ...
After an airline denied her entry into Saudi Arabia to present her film “Sima’s Song,” which is playing in competition at the Red Sea Film Festival, Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat is now set to visit the ...
Buzkashi Boys is a forthcoming, American-funded film about Afghanistan’s national sport: spelt Buzkashi. This largely lawless game is kind of a cross between polo and rugby. But instead of using a ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Afghan president canceled his official visit to Norway amid concerns following Mideast riots over a film that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, officials said Thursday.
An Afghan contractor who worked for the US military was killed by the Taliban after appearing in an Emmy-winning documentary despite warnings it would endanger him, according to a report. The man in ...