Afghan Star
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 30, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Zeitgeist Films
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Directed by | Havana Marking | |
| Composition by | Simon Russell | |
| Director of Photography: | Phil Stebbing |
Entertainment Reviews:
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While its style and structure conform to the well-worn template established by docs like Spellbound, its success lies in creating an accessible, fun way into serious issues.
Time Out
Rating: 4/4 --
Like The Kite Runner novel and movie, the documentary Afghan Star succeeds at dramatizing the lives of Afghans, but those we see on screen are real flesh-and-blood characters -- people who let their true feelings emerge.
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San Francisco Chronicle
[It's] moving to see young Afghanis testing the bounds of what their society will allow, as they sing popular regional songs about forbidden romance. -- Grade: B+
A.V. Club
For once, the McDonald's-like spreading of American culture abroad seems to have actually been a good thing.
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Projection Booth
Rating: 4/5 --
It's absolutely fascinating to see such a familiar talent show format - complete with sharp-tongued judges and starry-eyed wannabees - in such a vastly different setting.
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Roll Credits
Rating: 4/4 --
One of the most hopeful and heart-rending movies I've seen this year.
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Boston Globe
Rating: 4/5 --
This eye-opening film reveals that even systems as dubious as the Idol format mean dramatically different things when transferred to radically dissimilar cultures.
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Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
An AMERICAN IDOL-style show becomes a cultural phenomenon in Afghanistan, in this remarkable documentary that follows four contestants on their unusual journey. With the Taliban out of power, AFGHAN POP IDOL offers the Afghan people their first taste of democracy. But, for its contestants, the results of this experiment might be deadly.
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Product Info
- UPC: 795975112437
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