03 December 2008 Factual, Music 87 mins
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.
Watch the official Afghan Star 2008 trailer in HD below or find more Afghan Star videos on Vidimovie.
Habib Amiri as Himself
Setara Hussainzada as Herself
Rafi Naabzada as Himself
Lima Sahar as Herself (as Lema Sahar)
Havana Marking Director
Netherlands 03 December 2008
United States 26 June 2009
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Afghan Star:
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After 30 years of war and Taliban rule Afghan pop Idol is taking the nation by but this is more than just a TV show. In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing ...
Website: After 30 years of war and Taliban rule pop Idol has come to Afghanistan. Millions are watching the TV series ...
Afghan Star.
In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After 30 years of war and Taliban rule pop culture has returned to the country—and since 2005 millions have been ...
kasi ki waqeyan haq dasht ki baranda shawad wali nashud.
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When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas.
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A beautiful grad student named Tara Simmons is abducted by aliens in a flying saucer. Four days later she finds herself back on earth at the top secret government facility Areola 51, which documents sexual encounters with aliens.
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Part of Bill Viola’s Transfiguration series, The Innocents explores the presence of the dead in the world of the living.
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Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk.
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A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse.
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