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Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan (2008)
Directed by Simon Broughton
Music, Documentary · 1h 00m
All since the Soviet invasion in 1979 musicians have lived under restrictions in Afghanistan, before Mujahedin and Taliban tightened the reins even more. This documentary explores the position of music through more than twenty years of the country’s history. We meet musicians in Afghanistan and in exile, in addition to both believers who reject music and those having it as a central part of their religion.
Cast
A
Aziz Ghaznawi
Himself - Head of Music Radio & TV Afghanistan
M
Mashinai
Himself - Musician
K
Khaled Arman
Himself - Ensemble Kabul
S
Shiraz Siddiqi
Himself - Kabul Resident
N
Naqib Ahmad
Himself - Former Mujahidden
N
Naghma
Herself - Singer
W
Walayad Khan
Himself - Rubab Maker
A
Amir Jan
Himself - Musician
A
Aziza Feroz Afghan
Herself - Singer
M
Mike Wooldridge
Narrator (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Simon Broughton
- Editor
- David Charap
- Producer
- Carl Simons
Details
- Release date
- 2008-10-11
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Songlines Film