A Kandahar Away

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A Kandahar Away
Directed byAisha Jamal
Written byAisha Jamal
Produced byDeborah Parks
CinematographyMax Armstrong
John Westheuser
Edited byGeoff Matheson
Music byBruce Fowler
Release date
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

A Kandahar Away is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Aisha Jamal and released in 2019. [1] Centred on her own family, who came to Canada as refugees from Kandahar, Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan, the film documents a family trip to Kandahar, Saskatchewan, where her father Abdul has purchased plots of land for his children as a way to give them back a small piece of their heritage. [2]

The film premiered at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [3] and later received a television broadcast on Documentary. [4]

The film was longlisted for the 2019 DGC Discovery Award. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Bryan Eneas, "Man from Afghanistan buys land in Kandahar, Sask., for family as little piece of home". CBC News Saskatchewan, September 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Chelsea Phillips-Carr, "‘A Kandahar Away’: What’s in a name?". Point of View , October 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ Chelby Daigle, "Afghan Canadian Filmmaker Follows Her Family's Road Trip to Visit Kandahar, Saskatchewan". Muslim Link, April 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ Calvin Daniels, "Film connects two Kandahars". SaskToday, October 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "Ellen Page, Megan Wennberg among DGC Discovery Award nominees". Broadcast Dialogue, September 9, 2019.


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