He wasn't Taliban; in fact, he was part of the government, so you never knew what was about to happen. Afghan Star, a 2009 documentary film followed the lives of four contestants on the show - Hameed Sakhizada, Setara Hussainzada, Rafi Naabzada, and Lema Sahar who appeared on the third season of the show. His family thought he was dead because they didn't see him for two days, but his evil plan backfired when he woke up to see his wife, son, and daughter lying dead on the floor. "If the people want pop, I have to give them pop." . By the time the third series came around last year, the show had become a national phenomenon, despite - or perhaps because of - the fact that some entrants were risking their lives by taking part. Details of other showings: afghanstardocumentary.com. Setara said she is open-minded and wants other Afghans to be as well. Ms. When she ventures out to a closed shopping arcade, a pair of burqa-clad women approach her; you expect a tongue-lashing but instead shes praised as an inspirational figure. Women contestants, in particular, have been the object of much anger among religious conservatives. As the competition nears its climax, she claims even the Taliban are voting for her - because she is Pashtun. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. It is one of the most disturbing scenes in the film: we see her headscarf slip as she moves - modestly - to the music. We Say, Yes! Sadriddin - Setara Official Mast Music Video Afghan Tajik Music 2014. This aspect of the film is fascinating and what makes it important. There were just three women among the 2,000 people who auditioned for Afghan Star. Backstage, horrified, her fellow contestants' voices are thin when they ask, "Why is she dancing?" When the Taliban took Kabul in 1996, they restored order but put a total ban on music and TV. Required fields are marked *. Havana Markings 2009 documentary Afghan Star captured the drama as it unfolded, with the singers attracting massive followings in their home provinces and elsewhere and the two women contestants, Hussainzada and Lema Sahar, becoming cultural flashpoints. Even the audience members must go through multiple security checks. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Afghan Star premieres at the Ritzy, London SW2 (0871 704 2065), on Friday. I went to Afghanistan in January 2002, just a few months after the Taliban fled Kabul, to make a documentary for the BBC about the return of music to the capital. Even her husband fears for his life to the extent of keeping the marriage secret from his family and refusing to appear on camera without his face blurred. Running time: 1 hour 27 minutes. To find out more about the third episode please click on the link below and watch the full video. Despite the chaos, the hunger for music - prohibited under Taliban rule - was incredible. UNRATED Year: 2009 87 Website 440 Views. Rating: . This Gecko Trapped In Amber Is 54 Million Years Old, Still Looks Alive, Shubman Gill Joins Elite List As He Becomes Latest Member Of ODI 200 Club, Tejasvi Surya, IndiGo Still Silent On If It Was The MP Who Opened The Flight's Emergency Door, Wasim Akram Is A Cricket Legend And Now His Son Is On His Way To Becoming A Professional MMA Fighter, 9 Craziest Wildest Sexual Fantasies Ideas List with Examples (Girls & Boys), Blood For The First Night: Amazon Is Selling Product To Fake Virginity & People Can't Digest It, Apart From Aman Gupta's BoAt, All Shark Tank India Judges Are Apparently Drowning In Losses, Not Jeff Bezos Or Elon Musk, These 11 People Are The Richest People In Human History, The Badshah Of Bollywood Is Back! The progress of last year's tumultuous series was followed by a British film crew. "Politics bring misery". After Daoud Sediqi decided to air the footage of the show, there was an outrage in the conservative muslim community. Afghan Star is a reality television show competition that searches for the most talented singers across Afghanistan. On the TV show she danced and removed her hijab while singing. IMDB: 7.3 . Here's an article from the July 2009 Documentary Online in conjunction with the film's theatrical run in June and July. I have told her leave singing because you cant be a singer in Kabul.. Setara Hussainzada, Self: Afghan Star. Finally, there was Setara Hussainzada, 22, from Herat in the west of Afghanistan. D: Were there overt threats to your safety? //-->. View version history. Add artwork, Do you know any background info about this album? While HBO should be commended for showing this film, were not the audience that really needs to see it. Setara Hussainzada, a former Afghan Star participant, was devastated when her fellow countrymen called her a woman of loose character for dancing and singing showing her hair. Marking lacks the sense of urgency to pull it all together. Winner of both World Cinema-Documentary Audience and Directing Awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, the feature debut for British director Havana Marking is a rare snapshot of a society in transition--unmoored and unpredictable. Lima Sahar. Rating: Unrated. I used to get up every morning at the same time and would simply go to bed the same time. Down 102,732 this week. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. HM: It has made me really want to tell more stories and make more films. These comic reversals move at the speed of tectonic plates. Safety in Kabul really degenerated last year and hope was thin on the ground. Setara hussainzada ended up being a bad man. Afghan Star was directed by Havana Marking and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films. D: How has making this film influenced your interests and aspirations as a filmmaker? At: Kendall Square. Finally, there is Setara Hussainzada, 22, from Herat, a conservative city in the west. Death threats, bomb scares, battling extremists in a conservative society like Afghanistan is a daily affair. The program is seen not so much as a talent show, but as a pop-culture phenomenon that has the ability to move Afghanistan a little closer to a sense of national unity. Although Afghan Star is about pop, the music is very Afghan in character. Share your . Not the slickest or most crowd-pleasing performance-competition docu, but it's nonetheless absorbing. In January, Marking's documentary (also called Afghan Star) took two prizes in the Sundance film festival's world cinema category: best documentary director, and the audience award for a documentary. I also heard she was engaged, which is wonderful news. She should be killed, says one passerby filmed by Marking. Author of books "Ken Russell's Films," "Charlie Chan at the Movies," "A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series," "Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker. Afghan Star. See here for our terms of service. The contestants are kept safe inside the show compound for the duration of the show. Luckily, because we were working with Tolo TV, the local TV station that made Afghan Star, we had access to all information from their news teams. The message in his songs is national inclusiveness and unity. After decades of civil war, oppression and the crushing weight of underdevelopment and poverty, people in Afghanistan are clearly hungry for expression and transformation. The program broadcasts on the TOLO channel. But its just a little too flat-footed as filmmaking to suck you completely in. | Countries - Afghanistan, United Kingdom | MPAA Rating - NR On the TV show she danced and removed her hijab while singing. (Setara Hussainzada) Get this album or track at: 0:26: 5. The third episode of Afghan Star Season 15 featured the Ghazal auditions. In English, Dari, and Pashtun, with . I have had a similar situation before, when I had an idea commissioned and then they insisted someone else direct. Afghan Star. [CDATA[// >
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