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AFGHAN STAR
AFGHAN STAR | AFGHAN STAR
Director: Marking, Havana
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After 30 years of Taliban and wartime rule, pop culture is creeping back into Afghanistan. Director Havana Marking has captured it in this inspired documentary, Afghan Star. An American Idol-type contest set in Afghanistan? What more intriguing inroad into a region usually represented in our news media by death and violence? To understand the magnitude of this film, we must look at the facts-2,000 contestants compete for a chance to be the next Afghan pop idol.
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Country: UK
Year: 2008
Runtime: 60
Language: English
Producer: Havana Marking
Director of Photography: Phil Stebbing
Editor: Ash Jenkins
Cast: Habib Amiri, Setara Hussainzada, Rafi Naabzada
Production: Aria Productions
Festivals and prizes: Sundance (World Cinema Documentary Director, Audience Award), Seattle, Vancouver
Webpage: www.afghanstardocumentary.com/
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SCHEDULE
Thursday, 26. November 14:30
Cinamon 4, Tallinn
Subtitles: Estonian, Russian,
Monday, 30. November 18:00
Artis 2, Tallinn
Subtitles: Estonian, Russian,
Friday, 4. December 17:00
Athena Keskus, Tartu
Subtitles: Estonian, Russian,
Additional info: RESERVED SCREENING!