Research Catalog

Title

Afghanistan [videorecording] : captives of the warlords / with Arthur Kent.

Publication

[New York, N.Y.] : Filmakers Library, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kent, Arthur, 1953-
• Antoniotto, Steve.
• Filmakers Library, inc.

Description

1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

As Afghanistan's extremist Taliban regime shocks the world , Canadian journalist Arthur Kent returns to Afghanistan, with a hidden camera. He compares the harsh reality of life for Afghans today with scenes from a bitter history. Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime the film reveals: teachers and students who actively defy Taliban edicts against female education in secret "home schools;" women who speak out against harsh segregation, and face death threats for appealing for the right to go back to work; warlords who claim they're cracking down on drug trafficking while poppy cultivation and opium smuggling thrives; the Taliban's Religious Police and their ban against television cameras; desperate Afghan families who labor to rebuild their farms, even though continuing fighting may well wipe out their gains; the forces that warn of the export of terrorism as they continue to finance the combatants.

Alternative Title

Captives of the warlords

Subjects

• Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions
• Political persecution > Afghanistan
• Afghanistan > Economic conditions
• Afghanistan > Politics and government > 1973-
• Taliban Afghanistan
• Afghanistan > Social conditions
• Opium trade > Afghanistan

Note

• "Originally produced in 2000 and updated in September, 2001."

Credits (note)

• Executive producers, Arthur Kent, Steve Antoniotti ; producer/writer/videographer, Arthur Kent ; editor, Antony Oliphant.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

Call Number

*UGS-1921

OCLC

48982139

Title

Afghanistan [videorecording] : captives of the warlords / with Arthur Kent.

Imprint

[New York, N.Y.] : Filmakers Library, c2001.

Edition

Updated version

Credits

Executive producers, Arthur Kent, Steve Antoniotti ; producer/writer/videographer, Arthur Kent ; editor, Antony Oliphant.

Performer

Arthur Kent.

System Details

VHS.

Added Author

Kent, Arthur, 1953-

Antoniotto, Steve.

Filmakers Library, inc.

Research Call Number

*UGS-1921 [Video]