Ghosts of Afghanistan, the new documentary directed by Julian Sher revealing the true face of Eternal War, will be broadcast on ICI Télé on December 11 at 1 p.m.
In the film, former Canadian war correspondent Graeme Smith examines how the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan derailed into the current drama. Returned to Afghanistan shortly before the withdrawal of American troops and the return of the Taliban to power, Graeme Smith delivers a poignant and lucid account of the American-led NATO intervention in which Canada took part. The question arises: where have the noble ambitions for democracy, freedom, human rights and women’s rights gone?
The former journalist of the Globe and Mail seeks to understand why the “just war” in Afghanistan has turned so badly that it has become the deadliest conflict in the world. He leads viewers on his quest and leads them behind the scenes in the struggle for peace.
The dark side of Canada’s participation
“Graeme Smith is one of Canada’s most seasoned foreign correspondents. He’s the perfect person to guide us on this journey, ”says director Julian Sher. “At first, like most of us, he was idealistic and hopeful. When confronted with the horrors of war, he sought to expose the dark side of Canada’s involvement in the conflict. “
After participating in the 2001 US-led invasion to overthrow the Taliban regime, Canada assumed command of NATO operations in 2006. It was the country’s largest deployment since World War II and one of the bloodiest: 158 Canadian soldiers dead and at least 2,000 wounded.
In this film, all the testimonies are Afghan:
• Shaharzad Akbar, director of the Independent Human Rights Commission in Afghanistan, denounces violations committed by both the Taliban and the government and advocates for a peace deal with the rebels.
- Ehsanullah Ehsan started a girls’ school in Kandahar with help from Canada. Even before the Taliban returned, his school was in peril for lack of foreign funding.
- At Kabul University, young students are demanding their hard-won rights and freedoms and their refusal to submit to the Taliban.
- In the countryside, women wearing the burqa say that peace and stopping the attacks are more important than their dress.
Graeme Smith has lived in Afghanistan for most of his career. After the withdrawal of Canadian troops in 2011, he remained several years working for non-governmental organizations and for the UN. He is the author of the award-winning book: The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan (And dogs eat corpses: Our war in Afghanistan).
An experienced director
Julian Sher is a highly experienced television report and documentary filmmaker / writer. He is also the author of six critically acclaimed works. He worked as an investigative reporter for Canada’s two largest English-language dailies, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. He was a senior producer at The Fifth Estate, English Canada’s most renowned investigative program, airs on CBC. He won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Prize, the Pulitzer Prize equivalent in television journalism, for directing and writing investigative reporting Nuclear Jihad on nuclear terrorism, presented in the New York Times and on CBC.
Another broadcast is scheduled for July 2022 in the evening. The documentary will also be available for catch-up on Tou.tv. The TV version of the documentary has already been shown in Germany, Australia and Iran. To date, it has been purchased by France, Japan and NatGeo Latin America.
Ghosts of Afghanistan is a documentary by Productions Galafilm, produced in collaboration with TVO, Radio-Canada and Knowledge Network, distributed abroad by JavaFilms, directed by Julian Sher, written by Julian Sher, Graeme Smith and Natalie Dubois, edited by Susan Shanks , original music composed by Éric LeMoyne, images of Iqbal Sapand, Jordan Bryon and Kiana Hayeri, produced by Natalie Dubois and executive producer Arnie Gelbart.
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