What We Left Unfinished
On Cinema • 1h 11m
Directed by Mariam Ghani • Documentary • 2021 • 71 minutes
The story of five unfinished films from the Communist era in Afghanistan, and the people who went to crazy lengths to make them - bringing together newly rediscovered and restored footage with new footage shot in the same locations, and stories from behind the scenes, as told by the directors, actors and crew who were there.
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