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Release Date:
August 3, 2021
Summary:
What We Left Unfinished tells the story of five unfinished fiction feature films from the Communist era in Afghanistan (1978-1991), and the people who went to crazy lengths to make them, in a time when films were weapons, filmmakers became targets, and the dreams of constantly shifting political regimes merged with the stories told onscreen. This tight-knit group of Afghan filmmakers 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 even death, they made films that were subversive and, in the filmmakers' opinions, always "true" to life. All five films completed principal photography before being canceled by the state or abandoned by the filmmakers. What We Left Unfinished brings together newly rediscovered and restored footage from these unfinished films with new footage shot in the same locations, and stories from behind the scenes, as told by the directors, actors and crew who worked on the films. Archival fictions, present-day recollections, and both imagined and real visions of Afghanistan slip and slide into each other in a film that reminds us that nations are inventions, and films can reinvent them.
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Details
| Runtime: | 71 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://www.whatweleft.com |
| Production: | Ajna Films |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Countries: | US, QA, AF |
| Languages: | English, prs |
| Director | Credit |
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| Mariam Ghani | Director |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Adela Adim | The Gang-Boss's Daughter |
| Asadollah Aram | The Father/The Gang Boss |
| Ferida | The Ingenue |
| Latif Ahmadi | Self |
| Nemat Arash | The Hero Cop |
| Noor Hashim Abir | The Vain Man |
| Qader Farokh | The Gangster/The Commander/The Police Chief |
| Said Miran Farhad | Self |
| Shirindad Dakkoi | Self |
| Zarghuna Aram | The Mother |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Farid Feyz | The Undercover Cop/The Mujahid |
| Jawanshir Haidari | Self |
| Lina | The Nurse |
| Sultan Istalefi | Self |
| Wali Latifi | Self |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Ali Latifi | Field Producer |
| Alysa Nahmias | Executive Producer |
| Mariam Ghani | Producer |
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