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so they have shaped afghan cinema of the past 20 years. as female stars in dramas, as directors, and as produces of award winning films. bought since the taliban reclaimed power in august 2021. everything has changed over with mama. we don't create cinema but takes into account is la mic values, national traditions and afghan culture. the radical islamic taliban has deprived women of their basic human rights. and films are becoming tools for propaganda. is this the end of afghan cinema? o, lethal make as we are now in exile, tara, to this movie, we contents the mind of the people to take different self assured movie culture had

established itself in afghanistan with women as major contributors. royal sadat. ah, saga, cutting me. ringback busy ah, we profile 2 of the country's most prominent female filmmakers who have been fighting for afghan cinema for many years. we explain how afghans cinema developed into a serious film culture ah, will show how female filmmakers managed to save themselves from the taliban. since early on they've had to learn how to fight back, we'll see how they support and protect each other. and how can cinema lives on in exile? to understand how afghanistan strong,

female driven film seen developed, we go back to 1989 that soviet troops leave afghanistan after 10 years of occupation. a bloody civil war begins. 4 years later, the taliban takes over the regime of presses, women and bands any form of art. in response to the september 11th, 2001 attacks the u. s. and its allies pushed back against the taliban. but the islamist extremists remain still controlling rural parts of the country. shooting films in afghanistan during this time, especially outside of the cities, is dangerous. bought royal saddam from herat days to do it. anyway, she told herself the basics of filmmaking through reading and learned the rest directly on set her films tell the stories of afghan women like sariah,

a police officer from carla's oh. and she wants to help a woman who has been sentenced to death by village elders. for adultery in doing so, she herself comes into conflict with the powerful tribal leaders. soon after i got rid of all. my number he said was on global television. he got brooklyn joy order. sure. i've got here heard him of monica, got him. drop a done. we all, we'll talk tomorrow, i go it on measure mobile, it for they don't cronyn the fool shows how freedom and the rule of law are undone by tribal traditions and an extremely conservative interpretation of islam. this especially affects women who break the convention like saddam herself for whom cinema is everything with making a fellow making,

not unlike it kind of work for me it's. it's a hall my life. she made her 1st film after afghanistan was liberated from the taliban in 2001. in her early twenties, she became one of the country's 1st female directors, a role model for many young afghan women, and a pioneer of afghan cinema. together with her sister aka documentary filmmaker and her husband, a film lecturer at cobble university, she founded her own production company. the royal film house has been assured she has produced more than 30 documentary films and television shows, showing the injustices in the lives of afghan women and their strength and courage . in her latest work, she profiles for women's rights activists. and they will apply to their rights and i wouldn't be one of them. this has to be one united country which all of us, all women, all men develop of grandest on are

always in the headline of the news everywhere they are just only a victims. and also during the position that the always the man and political man did give this disposition for them to this movies. for sure, we can, we can change even in the mind of the people of 2 to tang different about that in 2013, to make these films accessible to afghanistan's female audience. such as created the herat international women's film festival. it became a meeting point for the countries. female filmmakers including director sarah kennedy, me kind of amy was born in to ron and it's only lived in afghanistan since 2012. a family

fled from afghanistan to iran before she was born on while. why was it a few g somehow refugee and eat on the few. jenna slovakia and i didn't have this feeling of being in home very much with me. these experiences my return to afghanistan gave me a very unique her feeling of being in home. because amy studied at the film academy in bratislava where she earned her doctorate. but she wants to shoes and tell her stories right here in cobbled. i want it to be a storyteller of my own people, especially women of afghanistan. i wanted to see in 1st hand, what is going on inside my country. i, 3 women are at the center of her latest film. ah, the women are strangers, but they share a common destiny. a because is nebraskan, but evidently covered a bit of us didn't. i mean that the membership bishop of them are privileged or not

all 3 of them. bristol, at the patriarchal structures in their country, this is the look into the daily lives of millions of afghan women. ranita, carry me travel throughout the country for 2 years, collecting stories, private donations, financed to shoot. and in a rainy and production company eventually covered the rest of the production costs . but she doesn't just want to tell stories. she also wants to promote cinema in afghanistan. in 2019, she won the bid to become president of the state form organization act and film, becoming the 1st woman to head the institution. again, phil supports new productions and houses the country's entire film archive. at least what's left of it. afghan cinema is once again suffering from the taliban oppression.

he is the new president of afghan filled in by the taliban. a amazon films that have been produced in the past 2 decades have been contrary to his law mac tradition miano novel. and what was that accurate from the beginning afghan cinema has been shaped by regime changes in the country, but has survived even the greatest of upheavals. p. the country's 1st cinema opened in coddle in 1934. 1 of the 1st and 2nd film production tells the story of a young villager with soft images in the 19 sixty's cinemark canister, at least in the cities, experienced an upswing estate film organisation was founded and several movie theaters were built. the 1st kind of films made that if you, in the 1980s at that time, afghanistan was under soviet occupation,

cinema was encouraged, but also controlled. and since it, a lot of money was invested, making elaborate films like epic of love, possible. with the 1st television rule came a dark era, many films were destroyed and cinema was banned. but after the islamists were asked it in 2001, i knew air began. movie theaters reopened, filmmakers could pursue their passions. low budget productions in bollywood style enjoyed great popularity that was shot in small film studios like this one in july labatte in the northeast of the country. afghan filmmakers like cedric by mark, have taken the international cinema seen by storm. his feature film osama one, several awards ah, and there are plenty of women besides royal saddam and sa, half carry me, for example. shattered by new sadat or marya connie.

ah, they all want to tell the country stories gain international recognition at film festivals. the tele bands return to power marks another difficult time the emerging cultural scene and its main players are in danger. on august 15th 2021. the taliban recaptured the capital. cobble islamist had been advancing from province to province. since nato forces began, withdrawing hundreds of thousands of people desperately tried to flee. these were days of fear for sara carini as well. for the shot he does have a good retirement. quentin

laughlin stay or go. what are the remaining escape routes? vital decisions had to be made in a very short time. i knew that in my life will be in danger. if i stay and if i need long so my family will be in danger. so i decided to leave. i left everything behind my my home, my apartment, my war to my dreams. every 2 days after the fall of cobble, her family managed to escape for your for that is currently in the united states. she follows the news of her homeland from afar. suddenly i see that the call upon captured them had ot sitina and after 2 days, the capture all the cobble and other c t's, it was an believe about like you just watch and gritty cable. and what about movies?

she was only gonna stay the 1st few weeks to prepare a directorial works of the seattle or problem. then she will stage a 1000 splendid sons based on the best selling novel by afghan, right? a 100 cassini more what washington has become her home in exile. it's really hard moment for us. my generation like me, we start from 0 and we worked very hard. during this 20 years. we not only used a shipment, but it was our land. our country did as a people died did as a people. they don't have it when they don't have flu . her colleague soccer amy ended up in rome. after fleeing afghanistan,

she received a guest professorship at a state film school. i am very grateful that i have this opportunity to share my experience as afghan filmmaker with the students that help. ready me to, to heal my one's, my pains, ah, what will happen next in the lives of the women who stayed in afghanistan until gender segregation can be guaranteed everywhere. many will not be able to go to work. a concept is being prepared. this matter will be resolved as soon as possible to decrease appear at targeting women. female afghans can only study if they have no contact with men. secondary girls schools are closed. women are no longer allowed to drive alone for long distances and no longer travel by plane without the company of their husbands. the decree that women must cover at least their heads

and faces in public, sparks protest across the country. but even so, more and more women are disappearing from public spaces. almost all afghan women share the experience that men determine what goes on in their own lives. being a woman in such a traditional and potter account society and especially an independent woman, it is, it is not easy. it was that one of the biggest, the struggles that i, i had under the taliban. she risked her life now. she wants to support those who have not yet managed to escape. she makes a call to cobble as yet what is the situation to women go outside or not at all? how are they being treated? mama, that's why he or she may not, or unfortunately i no longer have any optimism at all. i see to produce

is an artist and former director of the legendary arrianna in cobble the 2nd notice cinema in the country. as guns i saw cousin by the last that was my brother and i left home to get something important. just on my, on my panel behalf, none of the shot of my brother was driving them and i was in the back of the car that a muscle of ascii as phenomena in the senate. then the taliban stopped us and questioned my brother ma'am, which that they asked who he was taking with him. my mom thought was thought he said this is my sister was on the board. but the taliban replied, yes. how do i know if that is your sister? or some one else? yes, she drew yet another pharmacy hardy, the ceo, as vicky nanny. yeah. not even a brother and sister have the right to go out or buy anything without being

bothered to our town. but a woman. no. right, to have a job that a so she has to stay close to home for now. why was she has to do the cooking and housework? there was nothing else, but i hate soft promises to help us eat her flee afghanistan. i plan to stay in touch. royal sadat can relate to a seat is experiences of living under the taliban. she often encountered resistance in her family as well. it was very hard. what? when my father turned the stand by the i'm doing and of my uncle for a long time, he don't came to our home because when i go for shooting, i miss a lot can can answer the courage to make films against all odds was depicted in

this documentary from 2000 a night shot by spanish director alba. so taura. it tells how royal saddam explores and breaks through the narrow limits of patriarchal society. but i want, i wanna let you know then that you may get them under him. it was in a ghetto, as in the middle of mommy honey, how did he turned on? or she had a very good omaha cheyenne bush. i've there with jimmy from a little. i thought a family myself, a highly muscular by the zone to hold them on a clinical within a month of normally doesn't pay the so my desire to even get them says let roy saddam in the albatross have since been closely connected privately and professionally to day cetera is the co producer of set us new film, a forgotten history, filming on location in afghanistan had to be cancelled. but giving up is out of the question that you sent me is that the song for the final shooting was because we also have the ocean mission in

a studio system right now the crew also they are in different country. the characters, the fema up activities, the actor in different location, different country. and the situation is also not clear that they can travel or not . this is the hard part of the production for this movie. people are fighting to keep up, can cinema alive from abroad. but what about in afghanistan itself? the taliban claim it treats the country's fil history with respect. they say there will be no destruction of fillmore bands or pitches this time around. the archive of afghan film is very important and has historical significance. it's completely secured in the presidential palace. no one has access there who could damage it. it sounds hopeful, but the fact is all film productions around the country have been cancelled and

cinema's a closed november 2021. decree prohibits the television, screening of films and series featuring women or any content that contradicts sharia law. the only propaganda videos produce. now even though most afghan directors have now left the country, their strongest works of the past 2 decades remain. i can cinema lives on abroad as seen here at the do hoc international film festival in the thomas region of kurdistan. it's a refuge because who is subject to oppression and censorship. in many countries. cinema plays a special role here as a sign of solidarity. the festival dedicates a separate section to cinema. amy is also showing the latest film has seen i'm on some how are we going to fight against the brutality?

the program also includes award winning kurdish productions such as the winning films. look up a deep insight into a rocky society, marked by patriarchal structures and corruption of head note in here. the president of the international jury is one of the most important directors in afghan film history. ah, begin to just see the boy more boston or cinema. undoubtedly reflects all events that we experience. it mirrors our lives larger and that's why afghan cinema, as well as kurdish cinema tells about the deep pain of the population throughout history was a booted ladies for his most successful film bar, mac, look house, the dramatic ears during the taliban 1st reign of terror in the late ninety's ninety's, he used emma to actors, women were not allowed to work or leave the house alone at this time. those without my family members risk starvation. a single mother has no choice but to disguise

her daughter as a boy, osama becomes her name, but when she is forced to attend religious classes, her disguise is discovered. ah, the sharia court decides her fate. mother holiday. did you mother the j? well, we're gonna answer them why they're gonna douglasville. come okay, now i i in 2004, the duke bar mark received a golden globe for this film among other awards. he's convinced that the creativity

of afghan direct is, is a result of the difficult production conditions that they face in his country. sought the film, us upset, seen them all. you get the most of our filmmakers, especially the young filmmakers, don't have producers done that in the so they try to find various other ways of turning their ideas and concepts for cinema into reality. all the shows on the moment. well, what it was was each one of these filmmakers are internationally recognized, but have been forced to live and work far away from their homeland. unfortunately, this is a common fight for many of ken directors, including marty. i'm gonna be the daughter of former afghan president connie, she lives in the us, her phil deal with the lesser known chapters of afghanistan's history. her best known work is about 5 unfinished films, made chewing communist rule in afghanistan,

films that stand somewhere between us and propaganda. the movie shows what the filmmakers put up with in order to be able to work. for example, shooting with real ammunition because blanks were not available. the rest of the alarm muslims let me show them. you know, i'm leisure, actually sort of on with me. something called unsettled the i'm on i'm on. does for sure. yeah. one assumption for me, something that love and go director sharper, no, said, had fled to hamburg after the taliban took over. her 1st feature film premiered in current in 2016 and in her 2nd work which one multiple awards. she managed to show afghanistan in a different light. a 15 year old dreams of a career as a bollywood star on the streets of 19 eighties. cobble. ah,

a ah, the filmmakers of afghanistan and even more so the female directors a used to struggling in order to make their films, they processed their hardships through their work. when we succeed to get out from the airport, i decided to write about it. then i share it with the producer and i told her that i want to make film about those hours. it is about her, our struggles to get to her equation flight the tar lavonne limited filmmakers or artists. it doesn't mean that we are going to, we're to stop. we will continue all. and i will tell our stories from different perspective napkins leading filmmakers

a deeply rooted in the countries film history. with global recognition and networks, they continue to shape and developers. and many of them are not willing to give up afghans. cinema will live on an act. and filmmakers have shown that they won't be stopped even by the taliban. where you moved by our story about afghan filmmakers. tell us what you think in the comments and hit the subscribe button to dig deeper with us. ah ah, with

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