A Flickering Truth

New Zealand / Afghanistan 2015, 96 minutes
Dir. Pietra Brettkelly
In Dari with English subtitles
Rating: [Exempt]
Genres: Documentary / Film History

“An outstanding film that starts off slowly, but builds into a revelatory document about Afghanistan and its current travails.”~The Guardian

Aroview: In documenting one man’s precarious quest to restore thousands of hours of film heritage in the post-Taliban Kabul, New Zealand filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly poignantly unveils the ravaged heart of contemporary Afghanistan and its forgotten history.

NZ International Film Festival 2016

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3 stars (Good Enough) Is the project to restore these films worth it? Check out the faces of the audiences watching the Archive's travelling film show. Be beware of the philistines among us in our own society who throw things out and destroy history. ~Tubbs