Doc/Fest 2019: What We Left Unfinished
UK Premiere
The incredible true story of five unfinished films from the Communist Era in Afghanistan (1978-1991) when films were weapons, filmmakers became targets, and the dreams of constantly shifting political regimes merged with the stories told on screen. What we left unfinished is also a story about a tight-knit group of Afghan filmmakers who loved cinema enough to risk their lives for art. Despite government interference, censorship boards, scarce resources, armed opposition, and near-constant threats of arrest or death, they made films that at times were subversive and, in the filmmaker's opinions, always "true" to life.
- Director
- Roberto Minervini
- Country
- Afghanistan, Qatar , USA
- Year
- 2018
- Duration
- 71 mins
- Language
- Arabic
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