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What we left unfinished / an Indexical Films production in association with Ajna Films ; a film by Mariam Ghani ; director, producer, Mariam Ghani.

Title	What we left unfinished / an Indexical Films production in association with Ajna Films ; a film by Mariam Ghani ; director, producer, Mariam Ghani.
Publication Date:	2019
Subject	Unfinished films > Afghanistan > History > 20th century. Motion pictures > Production and direction > Afghanistan > History > 20th century. Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 > In motion pictures.
Type	Other
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 streaming video file (1 hr., 11 min.) : digital, sound, color
Library:	Yale University
Record ID	991010386735508651
Date	2019
Notes	Title from title frames. Originally produced by: Indexical Films LLC, ©2019. Cinematography, Adam Hogan ; editor, Ian Olds ; musical score, Qasim Naqvi. In Dari with English subtitles; closed captioning available. Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 01, 2021).
Sample Text	WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED brings together newly rediscovered and restored footage from five lost Afghan Communist feature films--The April Revolution (1978), Downfall (1987), The Black Diamond (1989), Wrong Way (1990), and Agent (1991)--with present-day interviews that reveal the behind-the-scenes stories of the filmmakers and new footage shot in the same locations by some of the same directors and cinematographers. Just as the original filmmakers did when they shot action scenes with real bullets, hired ex-agents to play spies, or restaged the Communist coup d'état with the army, air force, and an awful lot of tanks and missiles, WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED interweaves histories and fictions. But it's also a tribute to a tight-knit group of filmmakers who loved cinema enough to risk their lives for art. Despite government interference, censorship boards, scarce resources, armed opposition, and near-constant threats of arrest and even death, they made films that were subversive and, in the filmmakers' opinions, constructed fictions that were always "true" to life.
Kataloğa Eklendi	June 24, 2025
Diğer Sorumlular	Ghani, Mariam, film director, film producer Indexical Films (Firm), production company Ajna Films (Firm), production company Good Docs (Firm), distributor
Video Kayıt Numarası	gd-wwlu Docuseek2

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What we left unfinished / an Indexical Films production in association with Ajna Films ; a film by Mariam Ghani ; director, producer, Mariam Ghani.

Publication Date 2019

Subject Unfinished films > Afghanistan > History > 20th century. Motion pictures > Production and direction > Afghanistan > History > 20th century. Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 > In motion pictures.

Type Other

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 streaming video file (1 hr., 11 min.) : digital, sound, color

Library Yale University

Record ID 991010386735508651

Date 2019

Notes Title from title frames. Originally produced by: Indexical Films LLC, ©2019. Cinematography, Adam Hogan ; editor, Ian Olds ; musical score, Qasim Naqvi. In Dari with English subtitles; closed captioning available. Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 01, 2021).

Sample Text WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED brings together newly rediscovered and restored footage from five lost Afghan Communist feature films--The April Revolution (1978), Downfall (1987), The Black Diamond (1989), Wrong Way (1990), and Agent (1991)--with present-day interviews that reveal the behind-the-scenes stories of the filmmakers and new footage shot in the same locations by some of the same directors and cinematographers. Just as the original filmmakers did when they shot action scenes with real bullets, hired ex-agents to play spies, or restaged the Communist coup d'état with the army, air force, and an awful lot of tanks and missiles, WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED interweaves histories and fictions. But it's also a tribute to a tight-knit group of filmmakers who loved cinema enough to risk their lives for art. Despite government interference, censorship boards, scarce resources, armed opposition, and near-constant threats of arrest and even death, they made films that were subversive and, in the filmmakers' opinions, constructed fictions that were always "true" to life.

Kataloğa Eklendi June 24, 2025

Diğer Sorumlular Ghani, Mariam, film director, film producer Indexical Films (Firm), production company Ajna Films (Firm), production company Good Docs (Firm), distributor

Video Kayıt Numarası gd-wwlu Docuseek2