Afghanistan Movies

2012. Afghanistan. Directed by Larry Towell. 5 min. Larry Towell, who has photographed areas of conflict across the globe, closes the program with a...

What happens when you can no longer practice the profession that is part of your identity? You Can’t Stop the Music is a portrait from...

The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, reporter Najibullah Quraishi investigates how life...

How microchip technology ushered in a new era of American combat operations with stealth, networked air control and precision-guided munitions.

During the last three decades, war and terrorism have devastated much of Afghanistan's rich cultural past. Two giant Buddha statues were blown up by...

This documentary film follows a small band of military commandos, members of the Afghan army who fight their country's enemies during predominantly...

This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a...

The story of a country that is obliged to give up on its future... The documentary pictures the town of Tor famous for its coal mines located in the...

The longest war in America's history was sparked by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Less than a month later U.S. forces entered Afghanistan...

"Inside the Talibans" - What will happen if the Talibans return to power? Swedish journalist Magda Gad travels the Herat and Wardak provinces of...

Hassan runs a nonprofit lotto company to treat poor youth with heart diseases. After losing his organization financially and also his mother, due to...

This documentary offered tantalizing glimpses of Afghanistan, which in 1929 was still one of the few heavily-populated areas in the world where the...

Mina Bakhshi, Haniya Tavasoli and Rabia Hussain had a fair amount of latitude for women in Afghanistan, able to pursue their education, go to work,...

A sweet musical about a poet and an independent woman, two friends who really love each other, with a bit of a Cyrano twist when the poet's best...

STARTING FROM ZERO documents the journey of three refugees — a female boxer, a TV personality and a journalist — caught in the...

16 Days in Afghanistan is a documentary that documents the state of Afghan people after the fall of the Taliban.

An exploration into the opium trade in Central Asia and the devastating effect on its people.