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Episodes and Stories 4
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The Forbidden Reel The Communist Revolution
Episode 2The late 1970s became known as the golden age of cinema to some Afghan filmmakers as the communists took power. -
The Forbidden Reel The Birth of Afghan Cinema
Episode 1In 1968, the state-funded Afghan Film production and archive institute opened and Afghan cinema was born. Since then, many aspects of Afghan culture have been systematically destroyed or forgotten. But the Afghan Film’s archive has been largely preserved through all of these years. A small group of people risked their lives to save the national archive. -
The Forbidden Reel The Rise of the Mujahideen
Episode 3In the late 1980s a new approach to Afghan cinema emerged as the Mujahideen grew in opposition to soviet forces. -
The Forbidden Reel The Era of Darkness
Episode 4In the 1990s Afghan cinema entered an era of darkness as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
