The last twenty years have served as a flourishing period for the Afghan film industry after the events of 2001 marked a turning point for homegrown cinema. In 1996, the Taliban outlawed the creation of all films, and it […]
Barmak Akram
By Hannah Drennan Directed by Barmak Akram It’s certainly surprising when we hear the protagonist – a young Afghan girl – ask her mother “what shall I wear?” and perhaps even more unexpected is her mother’s […]