Films and Videos

Viewing some of these films will give you a better perspective on the life in Afghanistan compared to that in the United States. 

Videos/DVDs:

Afghanistan Unveiled. Dir. Brault, Brigitte, . Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2003. Call number: Video Cassette 11599

Behind the Veil: Afghan Women under Fundamentalism. Dir. Ricardo Lobo. Narr. Jojo Sydenham. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001. Call number: Video cassette 9923

Campaign Against Terror. Dir. Mark Anderson and Greg Barker. Originally broadcast on the television program Frontline on Sept. 8, 2002. PBS Video, 2002. Call number: Video cassette 11255 Supplemental materials available via the Internet: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/

Cut from Different Cloth: Burqas and Beliefs. Dir. Cliff Orloff and Olga Shalygin. DVD-R. Red Door Video Productions, 2005. Call number: Video DVD 12591

Do Unto Others. Dir. David Deutsch. Producers, Betsy Miller and Martha Elliott. Originally broadcast on the television program: Ethics in America. Annenberg/CPB Project, 1989. Call number: Video cassette 5340-01

Hosseini, Khaled, Lecture on “The Kite Runner.” George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. 20 Sept. 2005. DVD. National Cable Satellite Corporation/C-SPAN, 2005.Call number: Video DVD 12490

Kandahar: Journey into the Heart of Afghanistan. Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Prod. Makhmalbaf Film House, BAC Films and Studio Canal+. Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. New Yorker Video, 2003. Call number: Video cassette 11845

The Kite Runner. Hosseini, Khaled, George Mason University, and National Cable Satellite Corporation, et al. National Cable Satellite Corporation, 2005. Call number: Video DVD 112490

Last Images of War. Dir. Stephen Olsson and Scott Andrews. Perf. Ben Kingsley. University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1992. Call number: Video cassette 7293

Understanding Race. Dir. Lynn Dougherty. Narr. Peter Coyote. Prod. Lucky Pictures for The Learning Channel. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1999.Call number: Video cassette 8723

U.S.-Afghanistan Relations. Dir. Bury, Chris, Frank Anderson, and Charles H. Wilson, et al. Prod. ABC News. Originally broadcast on the television program Nightline on 9/26/01. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002. Call number: Video cassette 10139

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