Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan

Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan

60 mins | Documentary, Music | Oct. 11, 2008

All since the Soviet invasion in 1979 musicians have lived under restrictions in Afghanistan, before Mujahedin and Taliban tightened the reins even more. This documentary explores the position of music through more than twenty years of the country’s history. We meet musicians in Afghanistan and in exile, in addition to both believers who reject music and those having it as a central part of their religion.

Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan

60 mins | Documentary, Music | Oct. 11, 2008

Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan
All since the Soviet invasion in 1979 musicians have lived under restrictions in Afghanistan, before Mujahedin and Taliban tightened the reins even more. This documentary explores the position of music through more than twenty years of the country’s history. We meet musicians in Afghanistan and in exile, in addition to both believers who reject music and those having it as a central part of their religion.
Producers Songlines Film
Original title Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan
Directors Simon Broughton
Writers

Cast

Aziz Ghaznawi

as Himself - Head of Music Radio & TV Afghanistan

Mashinai

as Himself - Musician

Khaled Arman

as Himself - Ensemble Kabul

Shiraz Siddiqi

as Himself - Kabul Resident

Naqib Ahmad

as Himself - Former Mujahidden

Naghma

as Herself - Singer

Walayad Khan

as Himself - Rubab Maker

Amir Jan

as Himself - Musician

Aziza Feroz Afghan

as Herself - Singer

Mike Wooldridge

as Narrator (voice)