Showing On 18, 20, 21 December
Monday 6pm, Wednesday 4pm and Thursday 6pm
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Storyline (warning: spoilers)
Muzafar Ali is a Hazara artist from Afghanistan who grew up in Pakistan as a refugee. In 2004, when he was 17, he returned to Afghanistan to work with the United Nations disarmament program. This work took him across the country, and he extensively photographed the regions, providing an insight into rarely documented areas.
In 2015, Muzafar was resettled to Australia through the humanitarian visa program. When he discovers that Afghans have been in Australia for 160 years he’s compelled to photograph and document the stories of their descendants.
Then, in 2021, the Taliban take over Afghanistan. With his homeland lost, he’s driven to help and reaches out to his former colleagues, whose lives are in danger. Finally, at the Camel Cup in Maree, Muzafar and his family find they have a new home with their Watandar - their countrymen.
This new documentary covers the stories of Muzafar’s meetings with Afghan descendants in Australia, his ever-increasing concern for people still trapped under current Taliban rule and his own search for a new Afghan-Australian identity.
The Afghan descendants that he meets all tell their stories in a warm, disarming way, enabling Muzafar to understand their history in this country and become part of their lives and identity.
Meanwhile, Muzafar is dealing with the horror stories of Taliban rule coming from Afghanistan and he provides us with a first-hand perspective on their experiences.
This is a moving documentary that gives a compelling insight into a refugee’s search for his own Afghan-Australian.