Hollywoodgate 12A
A filmmaker stakes his own safety on gaining access to a US military site in Afghanistan that left billions in military hardware in the hands of the Taliban.
Not even Tinseltown could make this up.
It soon becomes clear that $7 billion's worth of poorly sabotaged armaments were left there, allowing the Taliban to transform itself into a significant fighting force.
Over the course of the year, Nash’at followed ambitious Talib lieutenant Mukhtar and Malawi Mansour, the head of Afghanistan’s Taliban-controlled air force. The two grudgingly accepted the filmmaker’s presence and as time passed his camera revealed a dearth of humanity in the Taliban’s worldview.
Hollywoodgate is a chilling portrait of the Taliban's return to power and a startling insight into this regime's worldview.
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- Director
- Ibrahim Nash’at
- Year
- 2023
- Duration
- 1 hour 32 minutes
- Language
- English, Dari with English subtitles
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