AViews of mass exodus are emerging from the country after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan. Scattered crowds fleeing the country for their lives, people being shot, orphaned children, enslaved women, and so on.
Women are the biggest victims of the Taliban’s crackdown. The letter shared by director Zahra Karimi pleading with the people of the world to save her country was a big discussion. It is a great disappointment to be filled with the words of Zahra Karimi as a filmmaker and as a woman.
” They massacred our people, kidnapped many children, sold girls as their brides, they killed a woman in the name of dress, they tortured and killed one of our favorite comedians, they killed a prehistoric poet.
Everything I worked so hard for as a filmmaker in my country is likely to fall apart. If the Taliban take over, they will ban all art. I and other filmmakers may be next on their hit list. They will erode women’s rights, we will be pushed into the shadow of our homes and our voices, and our expression will be suppressed into silence. ”
According to Zahra Karimi, the film industry in Afghanistan, which fought and built for freedom of expression, is collapsing like a lottery.
The representation of women in Afghan cinema has increased in recent times. Leena Alam, Amina Jaffari, Saba Sahar and Marina Gulbahari are some of the most sought after women in Afghan cinema. Sabah is also the first Afghan woman to make her directorial debut. One can only imagine what the situation of women filmmakers would be like under a government where women are not even free to go out.
The last two decades have seen revolutionary changes in Afghan cinema. Numerous films have generated great discussion internationally. Kandahar (2001) by Iranian director Mohsin Makhmalbuff was the first Afghan film to be selected at the Cannes Film Festival. Siddique Marmak’s Osama won the 2003 Golden Globe Award. Sam France’s Buskashi Boys Oscar nominee.
Films like A Letter to the President and Iman are also popular in international arenas. The socio-political situation in Afghanistan is the subject of most of the films. Afghan cinema is on the verge of collapse when the Taliban block all avenues for human morale … Will there be another uprising ….?
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