Shadow of Afghanistan : 1959-2012 / directed by Jim Burroughs ; co-directed by Suzanne Bauman ; a Rains and Rivers production ; produced by Suzanne Bauman, Jim Burroughs ; co-produced by Dan Devaney, Carmen Zuniga Kartacho, Mary Ann Skweres ; written by Suzanne Bauman, Jim Burroughs.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Burroughs, Jim, director, producer, screenwriter.

Bauman, Suzanne, director, producer, screenwriter.

Devaney, Dan, producer.

Kartachov, Carmen Zuniga, producer.

Skweres, Mary Anne, producer.

Matt, Steven, narrator.

Cinema Libre Studio, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghanistan--History--1989-2001.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--History--2001-.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 minutes)

Other Title:

Shadow of Afghanistan

Place of Publication:

Burbank, CA : Cinema Libre Studio, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This is the epic story of Afghanistan seen through the eyes of an Afghan warrior, independent filmmakers, and a small group of independent journalists, two who died covering the story.The filmmakers spent more than 20 years capturing the Soviet occupation, the exile of millions of refugees maimed by Soviet mines, a violent civil war, the fatal alliance of the Taliban with al-Qaeda, the invasion by United States forces, and people still determined to survive to this day. Filmmakers Jim Burroughs and Suzanne Bauman have a wealth of footage from more than 20 years of following this story, as well as compelling footage from the 1950's and 60's showing life in Afghanistan before the war. The witnesses recall events and tell the story over time - they grow older through the film. "We have been struck by how little of the history behind the terrorist headlines is finding its way to American audiences," says Burroughs. American television is seduced by the ever-changing present, but no insight comes without understanding the past. A history that is not understood is one that will come back to cast a long shadow.

Participant:

Narrator, Steven Matt.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 21, 2018).

Won 2006 EDA Awards, EDA Special Mention Award, Best of the Fests

Nominated 2006 EDA Awards, EDA Female Focus Award, Hanging in There Award for Persistence

Nominated 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, Jury Award, Best Documentary Feature

OCLC:

1035418473