Al Jazeera: 'Film Hopes to Revive Afghan Cinema'

Source:Al Jazeera- an Afghan film audience.

"A new short film shot and produced in Afghanistan hopes to rekindle the nation's cinema after it was a Taliban-era ban and a three-decade-long conflict.  Buzkashi Boys, a story of two Afghan boys coming-of-age in the Central Asian nation, was shot entirely on location in the Afghan capital.  Featuring icons of Afghan culture like the national sport of buzkashi and prominent visual placement of the now destroyed Darul Aman palace, the film hopes to inspire a new generation of young Afghan filmmakers who will once again make original features in the nation.  Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse reports from Kabul.

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A film industry would help the Afghan economy. It's always good to see free speech anywhere in the world, but especially in places that don't have much of a history of free speech for the people, that have long histories of authoritarian rule and state information, like in Afghanistan. And hopefully this becomes a trend for Afghanistan that 10 years from now looks like everyday activity in this country that's been overwhelmed by war, poverty, corruption, and authoritarianism.