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Return to Kandahar


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Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: Paul Jay
Closed Captioned: 		Running Time: 65 mins
Country of Origin: Canada
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 2003
Available in French: No

Nelofer Pazira, the star of the movie "Kandahar," returns to Afghanistan to seek out her childhood friend Dyana, whose story inspired that film. Landing in Kabul 13 years after her family left Russian-occupied Afghanistan, Nelofer unravels her past and the history of her country while searching for Dyana; the epic journey takes her to Kabul, Kandahar and Masir-e-Sharif, where Dyana's uncle last had contact with her family. Nelofer journeys across a broken land smashed by war with the Russians, years of anarchy under the Northern Alliance, the Taliban, and now by America's "war on terror." Incisively weaving Nelofer's personal story with that of Afghanistan itself, RETURN TO KANDAHAR shows a country once again in the grip of warlords.

Awards: Best of the Festival, Columbus International Film & Video Festival Best Social/Political Documentary, The Gemini Awards (Canadian Emmy) Best International Documentary, Wine Country Film Festival Best International Documentary Feature, Bare Bones International Film Festival Nominated for Best Short Documentary, Syracuse International Film & Video Festival Hot Docs, Toronto Locarno International Film Festival Newport Beach Film Festival Tiburon International Film Festival MountainFilm, Telluride Cinema Paradise (Hawai'i) Film Festival Pusan (Korea) International Film Festival Leeds International Film Festival Silver Lake Film Festival Foyle (Ireland) Film Festival Annapolis Film Festival Milwaukee International Film Festival Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Freedom Cinema Festival Santa Fe Film Festival Istanbul International Film Festival Vermont International Film Festival

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