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Original title: A Flickering Truth
Year: 2015
Running time: 96 min.
Country: New Zealand
Director: Pietra Brettkelly
Screenwriter: Pietra Brettkelly
Cast: Documentary
Music: Benjamin Wallfisch
Cinematography: Jacob Bryant
Producer: PBK Limited
Genre: Documentary | Movie Documentary. Afghan War
Synopsis: Film preservation is a challenge all over the world, but on this scale of crisis Afghanistan ranks near the very top. The mini boom in film production that followed the establishment of the state Afghan Film organization in 1965 came to an end with the ascension of the Taliban, which viewed cinema as Western culture that needed to be expunged. The country's film history might well have been lost forever, if not for the brave custodians who risked their lives to conceal films from the regime. In 'A Flickering Truth', we meet the dedicated cinephiles who are now excavating, preserving, and restoring thousands of hours of film footage, both drama and documentary, from Afghanistan's cinematic past. The effort is led by Ibrahim Arify, who had been jailed for filmmaking under the Mujahedeen and fled the country to start a new life in Germany. Now, he has returned to rebuild Afghan Film and help bring a sense of order to a country where resources are scarce and needs are great.

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A Flickering Truth

2015

Pietra Brettkelly