A documentary about Afghanistan’s at-risk film archive may seem like an unlikely submission as New Zealand’s Oscar candidate, but “A Flickering Truth” is a poetic tribute to a fragile cinema culture and its committed guardians. Pietra Brettkelly and her regular cinematographer Jacob Bryant spent two and a half years in Kabul and beyond, chronicling the precarious resurrection of Afghan Films and the determination of the organization’s frequently exasperated director Ibrahim Arify. With the doc’s evocative layering of damaged archival images interspersed with new footage chronicling the institution’s rebirth amid national instability, it’s no wonder Brettkelly (“Maori Boy Genius”) has been picking up awards ever since the film premiered in Venice in 2015.
For any cinephile, shots of a hole-riddled warehouse strewn with filthy unspooled celluloid and littered with rusted film cans are like a kick in the teeth. Nearby is the pit where the Taliban...
For any cinephile, shots of a hole-riddled warehouse strewn with filthy unspooled celluloid and littered with rusted film cans are like a kick in the teeth. Nearby is the pit where the Taliban...
- 11/22/2016
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety - Film News
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