Query: Documentary films about Afghanistan, that aren't about terrorism
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Saving Mes Aynak
A Flickering Truth
Bitter Lake (film)
The Boy Mir
Afghan Muscles
Midnight Traveler
The Boxing Girls of Kabul
The Forbidden Reel
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan
Three Songs for Benazir
Afghan Star (film)
Love Crimes of Kabul
Frame by Frame (film)
Escape from Taliban
Enemies of Happiness
No Burqas Behind Bars
The Afghan Alphabet
16 Days in Afghanistan
Evidence from documents: Saving Mes Aynak: Documentary films: a 2014 independent documentary film,
about Afghanistan, that aren't about terrorism: It focuses on Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori and his struggle to save Mes Aynak, a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan which faces demolition.
A Flickering Truth: '''''A Flickering Truth''''' is a 2015 New Zealand documentary film written and directed by Pietra Brettkelly. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the Afghan Film archives in Kabul following the Taliban capture of the city.
Bitter Lake (film): Documentary films: a 2015 BBC documentary
about Afghanistan, that aren't about terrorism: . It argues that Western politicians have manufactured a simplified story about militant Islam, turning it into a good vs. evil argument informed by, and a reaction to, Western society's increasing chaos and disorder, which they neither grasp nor understand.
The Boy Mir: '''''The Boy Mir''''' is documentary film about ten years life of a Hazara boy in Afghanistan.
Afghan Muscles: '''''Afghan Muscles''''' is a 2006 Danish documentary film
Midnight Traveler: '''''Midnight Traveler''''' is a 2019 documentary film directed by Hassan Fazili. Filmed on three smartphones by Fazili and his wife, Fatima Hussaini, and their two daughters, it chronicles their three-year journey from their home in Afghanistan to Europe in search for asylum.
The Boxing Girls of Kabul: films about Afghanistan: The film follows young women boxers and their coach Sabir Sharifi at Afghanistan’s female boxing academy, as these athletes face harassment and threats in their efforts to represent their country in international competition and attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Documentary: '''''The Boxing Girls of Kabul''''' is a 2012 Canadian documentary film directed by Ariel Nasr.
The Forbidden Reel: Documentary films: '''''The Forbidden Reel''''' is a 2019 Canadian documentary film
about Afghanistan, that aren't about terrorism: The film profiles the cinema of Afghanistan through a history of the Afghan Film Organization.
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan: '''''The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan''''' is a 2010 documentary film produced by Clover Films and directed by Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi about the practice of ''bacha bazi'' in Afghanistan. The 52-minute documentary premiered in the UK at the Royal Society of Arts on March 29, 2010, and aired on ''PBS Frontline'' in the United States on April 20.
The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan: '''''The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan''''' is a 2004 documentary film, directed by British film maker Phil Grabsky and released on 6 March 2004 in USA.


This film takes place over four seasons and follows Hazara refugees living in squalor. The refugees, including an eight-year-old boy, are living with the legacy of the Taliban and military interventions.
Three Songs for Benazir: '''''Three Songs for Benazir (دری سندری د بینظیر لپاره)''''' is an Academy Award nominated 2021 Afghan-American documentary short film by Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei.
The story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced people in Kabul—struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family. Even as Shaista’s love for Benazir is palpable, the choices he must make to build a life with her have shattering consequences.
The film had its world premiere at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in June, 2021, where it won the Jury Award for Best Short and qualified for the Oscars. In August, 2021, the film had its European premiere at the Odense International Film Festival, where it won the Soapbox Award. In February 2022, Three Songs for Benazir won Outstanding Nonfiction Short at the Cinema Eye Honors.
Afghan Star (film): a 2009 British documentary film following four contestants in the Afghan music competition,
Love Crimes of Kabul: a 2011 documentary film following select cases of inmates at Badam Bagh women's prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, where half are jailed for "moral crimes" such as adultery, premarital sex and running away from home
Frame by Frame (film): '''''Frame by Frame''''' is a 2015 documentary film that follows four Afghan photojournalists – Farzana Wahidy, Massoud Hossaini, Wakil Kohsar and Najibullah Musafar – who face struggles as they report during the “photo revolution” that is occurring in the post-Taliban free press. It is directed by Mo Scarpelli and Alexandria Bombach. It had its world premiere at the South by Southwest 2015 Festival in Austin, Texas, and was nominated for a 2015 Cinema Eye Honors Award in the category “Spotlight Award.”
Escape from Taliban: ''Escape from Taliban''''' is a 2003 Indian film directed by Ujjal Chattopadhyaya. The film is based on the story ''A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife'' by Sushmita Banerjee, who fled Afghanistan in 1995 after six years of living there with her Afghan husband. During that time, the Taliban issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to Islam. Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.
This story based on the story of Sushmita Bannerjee, a Bengali Brahmin woman, who was married to an Afghan businessman in 1989, shifted to Afghanistan in the same year and later fled back to India in 1995 to escape the Taliban.
Enemies of Happiness: '''''Enemies of Happiness''''' is a 2006 documentary about the controversial Afghan politician and member of the Afghan Parliament Malalai Joya
No Burqas Behind Bars: '''''No Burqas Behind Bars''''' is a 2012 Swedish feature-length documentary film made by Maryam Ebrahimi and Nima Sarvestani on life in a women's prison in Afghanistan.
The Afghan Alphabet: '''The Afghan Alphabet''' (, ''Alefbay-e afghan'') is a 2002 documentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf showing the life of children in the Afghan villages bordering Iran
16 Days in Afghanistan: '''''16 Days in Afghanistan''''' is a 2007 documentary film about the journey of Afghan-American Anwar Hajher, also the director, traveling to his homeland Afghanistan after 25 years to rediscover his country.