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Afghan Chronicles
200752 min 33 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Dominic Morissette
Production: Nathalie Barton (InformAction Films Inc.)Yves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Dominic Morissette
Produced by InformAction Films Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the collaboration of Radio-Canada and RDI, with the financial participation of Québec Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC; SODEC - Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec; Rogers Documentary Fund; the Canadian Television Fund; and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.
Since the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan has been rebuilding itself and reviving democracy, and there is some freedom of expression. With its radio station and two magazines, one of them aimed at women, the press agency Killid Media is a real media phenomenon. This new press, dedicated to fighting ignorance and illiteracy, is promoting a message freed from the constraints of tradition and setting the foundations of modernity. As it follows the distribution of these popular magazines across Kabul, Afghan Chronicles shows the struggles within this changing society and paints a touching picture of a land that is a work in progress, dreaming of a better future. Yet achievements are still fragile. What will become of the dream of renewal cherished by this nation trying to rebuild itself? Bonus: exclusive interview with director Dominic Morissette.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AsiaSocial ChangeWomen
- Women > Developing CountriesDiscrimination, Stereotyping and Equal Rights
- Social Issues > Foreign Societies
- Media and Communication > Media IssuesSocial IssuesWomen
- Diversity > Diversity in Communities
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
- Media Education > Journalism/News
- History > World History
Credits
- researcher
- Dominic Morissette
- writer
- Dominic Morissette
- director
- Dominic Morissette
- collaboration
- Catherine Pappas
- photography
- Catherine Pappas
- Dominic Morissette
- sound
- Dominic Morissette
- editing
- Myriam Poirier
- participation
- Kamal Nassir
- Farooq Wurukzai
- Marzia Monsif
- Hafiza Rahim
- Amena Mayar
- Nargis Hashimi
- Mahbooba Karimi
- Jawed
- Abdul Khafar
- Mastura Maqsudie
- Hazmudin
- Ghlum Haidar Hairavi
- translator
- Afzali Frozan
- Wakman Solaimon Khail
- assistant
- Afzali Frozan
- Wakman Solaimon Khail
- driver
- Qosem
- additional sound
- Nurillah Muhibi
- assistant editor
- Marie-Laurence Ouellet
- musician
- Abdul Waheed Negzai Logari
- Gul Akha Logari
- Abdul Qadir
- Sameem
- Anaar Gul
- sound editing
- Martin Allard
- Simon Gervais
- dialogue editing
- Marie-Ève Livernoche
- foley
- Jean René Francoeur
- narration writer
- Dominic Morissette
- Yves Bisaillon
- collaboration to narration text
- Ariane Émond
- Catherine Pappas
- narrator
- Christian Allard
- narration recording
- Patrick Rioux
- translation
- Arezo Yousufzai
- translation - collaboration
- Saifollah Fazel
- Ahmand Masood Nazari
- Mohammad Haroon Wafa
- Faiz Ali Mehri
- Aref Ahmadi
- Lizo Muhammad Ibrohim
- Marium Azimi
- Mirwais Nahzat
- Zohal Jahesh
- Wida Jahesh
- Ghulam Chamsi
- subtitles
- Anrà Médiatexte
- editing technical support
- Isabelle Painchaud
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- online editing
- Denis Gathelier
- re-recording
- Luc Léger
- promotion coordinator
- Ian Oliveri
- production manager
- Ian Quenneville
- post-production manager
- Catherine Drolet
- Ian Quenneville
- marketing officer
- Jenny Thibault
- marketing officer - assistance
- Solen Labrie Trépanier
- administrator
- Denise DesLauriers
- administrative staff
- Hélène Regimbal
- Mirabelle Bélanger
- Lise Lévesque
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- line production
- Johanne Bergeron
- producer
- Nathalie Barton
- Yves Bisaillon