Last Song From Kabul Photo: Doc NYC
A tribute to the courage of a group of girls who made a daring escape as Afghan civic society collapsed, and an ode to the musical traditions that the Taliban are trying to destroy, Kevin Macdonald and Ruhi Hamid’s short documentary Last Song From Kabul is one of the strongest contenders on this year’s Oscar shortlist. It’s thrilling to watch as it pieces together events using footage recorded at the time, and one hopes that it will serve to remind people that for all their silence on the world stage, Afghan women – and many others there too – remain in desperate need of help.
Kevin and I met up a few days after he got the news about the Oscars. He was understandably excited, especially because, though he’s known for accomplished features like The Last King Of Scotland and The Mauritanian...
A tribute to the courage of a group of girls who made a daring escape as Afghan civic society collapsed, and an ode to the musical traditions that the Taliban are trying to destroy, Kevin Macdonald and Ruhi Hamid’s short documentary Last Song From Kabul is one of the strongest contenders on this year’s Oscar shortlist. It’s thrilling to watch as it pieces together events using footage recorded at the time, and one hopes that it will serve to remind people that for all their silence on the world stage, Afghan women – and many others there too – remain in desperate need of help.
Kevin and I met up a few days after he got the news about the Oscars. He was understandably excited, especially because, though he’s known for accomplished features like The Last King Of Scotland and The Mauritanian...
- 1/7/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
When it comes to predicting the Oscars, there are no categories that can be more difficult than the three short film categories. That goes double for trying to predict the nominees in those categories. But don’t worry Derbyites. With the recent release of the Academy’s shortlists, we’ve got descriptions of each of the pieces that made the runoff for Best Documentary Short, we got you covered on this! Below we have descriptions of each of the 15 short films that made this year’s list. We even included information and links on where you can currently view them.
Among the topics that are tackled in this year’s crop are book bans in Florida, a barber who runs a community bank, how abortion was legalized in New York in the 1970s, a group of people who fix musical instruments, and the healthcare crisis that’s affecting rural America.
Among the topics that are tackled in this year’s crop are book bans in Florida, a barber who runs a community bank, how abortion was legalized in New York in the 1970s, a group of people who fix musical instruments, and the healthcare crisis that’s affecting rural America.
- 12/25/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Every totalitarian regime hates people playing music – and not without reason. It inspires empathy. It brings people together. It gives people a sense of something transcendent, something beyond the everyday, and that makes them hard to control. Afghanistan is home to several rich musical traditions, but when the Taliban came to power, they declared all music un-Islamic, claiming that it caused moral decay, and banned it outright.
One person whose life was transformed by this was teenager Marzia Anwari. Kevin Macdonald and Ruhi Hamid’s Oscar-nominated documentary short tells her story, from her early days spent herding goats in a remote valley – something which could well have consumed her whole life – to her discovery of a music school and of her own hitherto unsuspected talent. What might sound like a Disney fairy tale was violently interrupted when the Taliban returned to power. Not only did they object to girls...
One person whose life was transformed by this was teenager Marzia Anwari. Kevin Macdonald and Ruhi Hamid’s Oscar-nominated documentary short tells her story, from her early days spent herding goats in a remote valley – something which could well have consumed her whole life – to her discovery of a music school and of her own hitherto unsuspected talent. What might sound like a Disney fairy tale was violently interrupted when the Taliban returned to power. Not only did they object to girls...
- 12/7/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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