Galafilm is proud to announce that Ghosts of Afghanistan, Julian Sher’s new documentary revealing the true face of Eternal War, will premiere on ICI TV on December 11 at 1 p.m. ET. The documentary will also be available for catch-up on ICI TOU.TV.
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. A question arises: where have the noble ambitions for democracy, freedom, human rights and women’s rights gone?
The former Globe and Mail reporter 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.
“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.
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Remember that 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 established a girls’ school in Kandahar with the help of Canada. Even before the Taliban returned, his school was in peril for lack of foreign funding.
• At Kabul University, young students demand their rights and freedoms dearly
obtained 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.
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 on The Fifth Estate, English Canada’s most renowned investigative show, broadcast on CBC. He won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Prize, the Pulitzer Prize equivalent in television journalism, for directing and writing the Nuclear Jihad investigative report on nuclear terrorism, featured in the New York Times and on CBC. .
The feature-length version of the documentary Ghosts of Afghanistan will also air on the Knowledge Network in British Columbia in early 2022.
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.
Fantômes d’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, with a cut by Susan Shanks, original music composed by Éric LeMoyne, images by Iqbal Sapand, Jordan Bryon and Kiana Hayeri, produced by Natalie Dubois and executive producer Arnie Gelbart.
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