Berlinale: Women from Iran, Afghanistan debut bold films

These two female filmmakers express the injustice they've experienced in their home countries in contrasting genres: a ...
Yahoo

New documentary scrutinizes the lies that fueled the war in Afghanistan

“Bodyguard of Lies,” a documentary examining the deceit that drove the longest war in American history, takes its title from a Winston Churchill line: “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should ...

Berlin Opener ‘No Good Men’ Director Shahrbanoo Sadat’ on Making Afghanistan’s First Film Featuring an Onscreen Kiss (And a Vibrator)

Shahrbanoo Sadat’s “No Good Men,” which opens the Berlin Film Festival, mixes romance, politics and humor in ways that Afghan ...
WAMC

Young documentary filmmaker describes his trip to Afghanistan

Luke Basso has been producing documentary short films on veterans and military history since he was in high school. He recently returned from Afghanistan and tells WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat ...
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Shahrbanoo Sadat counters sad narratives about Afghanistan with Berlin opening film

BERLIN: Director and actor Shahrbanoo Sadat says premiering her romantic comedy “No Good Men” in Berlin, where it will open ...