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- Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C.I.A. agents, this in-depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the world's most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
- Korengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.
- What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
- The Network is a documentary set behind the scenes at the largest television network in one of the most unstable and dangerous places on earth, Afghanistan.
- When Ahmad's life comes under threat by the Taliban in Afghanistan, he leaves his family behind for survival, without saying good bye, and ends up in Europe's worst Refugee Detention Camp, Moria. Through the stress of leaving his family, and the anxiety of not knowing how many years it will take, Ahmad decides to pick up a camera and document his journey and story. With no end in sight Ahmad strives to maintain his determination while making the lives of those around him better while dealing with the pain of his family may suffer at the hands of Taliban. The film is an odyssey from the eyes of Ahmad about Afghanistan's 40 year of history and pitfalls of Immigration that have lead millions homeless.
- Did Alexander the Great really build sixteen cities in Afghanistan, or was he the destroyer of a far more ancient civilization? David Adams goes in search of the most alluring of them all - Alexandria on the Oxus. The Ancient Greeks have long been credited for bringing civilization to the East. In fact it appears to be the other way round. Alexander discovered a highly developed civilization - a lost world - that pre-dated even the Persians. As Adams unravels the mysteries of the Oxus Civilizations, its great fortress cities are dramatically recreated in stunning CGI. Traveling through the most remote regions of Afghanistan unarmed, Adams and his Cameraman live as everyday Afghans gaining a most unique insight into the people and our shared heritage.
- This film is an artistic look at the war in Afghanistan and the reflection and quiet still that many Veterans bring home with them. It is a collection of HD helmet camera footage of Marine and Army Special Operations in the village of Daneh Pasab, Afghanistan in April of 2010; offset by the integration of current footage shot around Colorado along with a collection of original music by independent artist. The film is a balance between personal reflection footage in Colorado where the story is being narrated and raw, violent experiences of service in Afghanistan.
- A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan musician and a French journalist.
- Graphically depicts the brutalities on Afghan prisoners in an Iranian camp, Safaid Sang (White Stone) near the Iranian-Afghan border. Based on true life accounts from Afghan prisoners.
- Before the Taliban? Before the Soviet invasion? What was there in Afghanistan before the wars? This documentary looks at the country from 1955 to 1978 through rare archival footage and music depicting a country and its people in peace. While many images will seem familiar, some will startle the viewers. In the fourth decade of war, it's important to remind the people of a country that was and the potential it can be again if given a chance. It's a must see for the Afghans as well as the global community to take a visual journey into the past of Afghanistan.
- "From the Afghan People for Americans" is about the progress the people of Afghanistan have made in overcoming the social ills that have impeded their country's development, particularly the oppression of women and the denial of education to girls. The primary voices in the documentary are those of the Afghan people, who speak for themselves and their country throughout the film.
- Nagieb Khaja is a Danish journalist of Afghan origin and he believes that the West makes decisions on Afghanistan based on an uninformed view of the country and its people. Nagieb a man with a mission. A few years ago Nagieb traveled to Afghanistan in order to refine the simplistic media image of the country, but he ended up as a prisoner of the Taliban and barely escaped. On the next trip, Nagieb brought 30 mobile cameras and asked Afghan civilians to film themselves. For the first time, we are invited into life in the forbidden zone with all the joys and sorrows, victories and defeats associated with living in the shadow of war.
- In 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the world's tallest stone sculptures. By the summer of 2002, after the fall of the Taliban, more than 250 Afghans, most of them Hazara refugees, were living in caves beside the rubble. This film, organized chronologically over four seasons, follows a refugee family living there, including Mir, a smiling lad of eight. The landscape is stark, the winter is harsh, the refugees' stories are harrowing, Mir's school is crowded and ill equipped, helicopters move across the sky, and the roads carry mostly military vehicles, yet Mir's family hopes for a house and a bright future.
- It starts where Talking with Rivers, by his father Mohsen Makhmalbaf, ends. When U.S. troops leave in August 2021, Afghanistan falls to the Taliban, and the fate of anti-Taliban artists and journalists becomes painfully clear.
- Access to the Danger Zone is a film narrated by Daniel Day-Lewis about victims of war and their need for humanitarian aid. It describes the difficulties and dangers humanitarian organizations face in trying to provide help in the most dangerous places on earth.
- An Afghan-American physician returns to war-torn southern Afghanistan to build a school and bring real educational opportunity to the children of his home village.
- Our film explores the decade of the involvement of New Zea land troops in the war in Afghanistan. Given our status as a tiny Pacific nation, with an independent foreign policy, the film asks why we got involved. Were we being good global citizens or were we attempting to realign ourselves with the US given the past strains due to our anti-nuclear policy? We also explore the limitations of our embedded media coverage which was not just scarce but closely followed our Government's position that our role was largely humanitarian. Finally, the film reflects on indigenous issues and some of the conflicts Maori soldiers felt about participating in what increasingly appeared to be an occupation.
- At the feet of the world's largest Buddha statues, now destroyed by the Taliban, Bamyan enjoys great security, enshrines education and pursues social progressiveness. Visit the Land of Light to learn how this sanctuary continues to stand in the mist of the Afghan war zone.
- The year 2005 was a time when the euphoria of a new beginning in Afghanistan gave way to a growing disenchantment. At that time, the authors of the documentary captured conversations with actors in the reconstruction process on film and gained insight into a city whose architectural heritage ranges from traditional courtyard houses through European new-classical mansions to Soviet-style apartment blocks. Should the future architecture of Kabul be designed by investors and security services?
- Afghan Artisans share their insights on place and creativity, while rebuilding a medieval quarter of Old Kabul, known as Murad Khane.
- The CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter has been used in the United States Marine Corps for almost 50 years now, providing exceptional capabilities as a part of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) from troop transport to assault support, this aircraft has truly made its mark in the history of Marine Corps Aviation. However, with the constant progression in technology and the needs of a more expeditious Marine Corps, we find the PHROGs legacy coming to its conclusion. Although there are many opposing the new Ospreys, they must admit that this new aircraft is one addition to the MAGTF that an expeditionary force cannot resist.
- Three veterans of African American decent discuss the reality of all American wars
- Kandahar Journals is the story of a photojournalist who reflects on the events behind his psychological transformation after covering front line combat in Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2006 to 2010. April 2006. Photojournalist Louie Palu finds himself in the midst of body parts and the smell of burned flesh. On his first visit to Kandahar he is covering a suicide bombing. Arriving in the country as the wars violence spirals out of control, Louie is unaware that he will spend the next five years covering the conflict. Louie begins writing a series of journals reflecting on his personal experiences and what the war looked like and felt to him.
- History of Hinduism and situation today in Afghanistan.
- Aeromedical documents the life-and-death struggle that takes place in the skies above Europe on Aeromedical evacuation missions, and tells the storied history of these life-saving flights. The US Air Force regularly runs aeromedical evacuation missions carrying wounded soldiers from current battlegrounds to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, often within hours of their injury. From there, the most seriously wounded -- many are amputee victims of IED explosions -- are transported to major US military hospitals, where they can arrive within three days of their initial injury. The survival rate is an astounding 98%. It has taken nearly 100 years, starting in 1918 with the first aeromedical rescue in a Curtis JN-4H Jenny bi-plane, to perfect this combination of medicine and aviation.
- Mary along with her two daughters live in a remote village of Afghanistan, the only son and young man of her family is serving for military in Kunduz province. One day she hears the news of fall of Kunduz province to the hand of Taliban on radio, since the authorities have no news of her son, she decides to start her own journey to Kunduz.
- It is said that Salsal, the great idol of Bamyan was hidden behind seven veils... The idol is long gone, but the question is, whether the veils still remain, obstructing our vision of Afghanistan.
- 'Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures' is an extraordinary story of Afghanistan's significant role in the ancient history of the Silk Road, and of the heroic Afghans who safeguarded their cultural legacy from war and chaos during the last couple of decades.
- A family with no ties to the military realize 150 veterans returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are dying weekly by their own hands. Their love for America and a curiosity to learn about the struggles of the returning combat veteran compel them to travel through the heart of the country to meet and thank returning veterans. The decision to use motorcycles across Route 66 provides the visceral connection to the landscape and the Americans they meet. This film is their love letter to both.
- A documentary on the ecological consequences of warfare in Bosnia, Sudan and Iraq.
- Shaf is now a family man and a everyday Londoner. But how did he get here? As many Afghans, war changed his life but, to what extent? A life full of trepidation, near death escapes and courage. These are the words behind wars. More than a story: a journey.
- 'Bridging the Divide' follows an anthropologist and her Tajik host father, Shirinbek, on a journey across the border into Afghanistan. This is the first time that Shirinbek has visited this Afghan village, one that he can see from his house in Tajikistan. As Shirinbek explores the place, he meets with relatives he knew about but had never previously met. In following Shirinbek's journey, 'Bridging the Divide' explores how human beings can be bridges, building connections based on a shared humanity without dissolving certain social and political differences that continue to be maintained.
- 'Lost on the Roof of the World' follows in the footsteps of Marco Polo and the Silk Road caravans who once traversed a unique and rarely visited part of the world. The Wakhan Corridor is a small stretch of land in eastern Afghanistan, compressed between the Hindu Kush mountain range, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and China. This territory is home to the Wakhi and Kirghiz people who lead lives virtually unchanged for centuries, battling an extremely rugged environment without roads or amenities. We follow a small Wakhi caravan, as they struggle through impossibly steep and narrow paths and landscapes of unusual beauty, tens of thousands of feet above sea level, to reach their destination.
- Afghanistan, 2011. With the war in its tenth year, cavalry troop V75 was deployed to Uruzgan Province as part of Mentoring Task Force 3. Initially, their job was to escort resupply convoys to isolated patrol bases. However, they soon found themselves conducting counter insurgency operations against an elusive enemy. As told by the soldiers on the ground, Sententia: Inside Afghanistan gives candid insight to the event that shaped their deployment and themselves in Australia's longest and most recent conflict.
- Meet the people of today's Afghanistan. In a country that has been ravaged by three decades of war, this investigative report explores the daily lives of a population trying to move forward with their lives.
- A documentary about life deployed in Afghanistan. Filmed between March-September 2012, Fatigued tells a story of the reality about what life is like for the individuals supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. First hand experiences told by US military, ISAF coalition partners, and civilian contractors from all over the world.
- At the beginning of the eighties Icelandic women were fed up. They founded the political Women's Alliances and changed the face of Icelandic politics forever.
- In 2010, National Geographic explorer, climber and father Mike Libecki traveled solo to a remote part of central Afghanistan in search of unclimbed rock towers and adventure.