The Immigrant Life

The Immigrant Life

Movie review: A Kandahar Away

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Mar 02, 2021
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Aisha Jamal, the writer and director of the film is a remarkable immigrant who has successfully established herself as a documentary and film-maker. Her productions have played at several festivals.

Born in Afghanistan, Aisha’s family fled the land during the Western intervention of 1991, she uses her films, mostly documentaries, to tell uncommon and unt…

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