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A Flickering Truth (2016)

1h 31m

Running Time

A Flickering Truth (2016)

Name: A Flickering Truth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-04-29

1h 31m

Running Time

Plot.

Afghanistan's film history might well have have been lost forever, if not for the brave custodians who risked their lives to conceal films from the Taliban regime. This is a chronicle of their attempts to preserve and restore thousands of hours of film.

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Currently A Flickering Truth is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Hoopla, fuboTV, Flix Premiere, The Roku Channel

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🇺🇸 United States

Cast & Crew.

Ibrehim Arif

Mahmoud Ghafouri

Isaaq Yousif

Pietra Brettkelly

Director / Writer

Benjamin Wallfisch

Composer

Jacob Bryant

Cinematographer

Cinzia Baldessari

Editor

Nicolas Chaudeurge

Editor

Cushla Dillon

Editor

Irena Dol

Editor

Details.

Release Date
April 29, 2016

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 31m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

A Flickering Truth is a 2015 New Zealand documentary film written and directed by Pietra Brettkelly. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the Afghan Film archives in Kabul following the Taliban capture of the city. It world premiered in the Venice Classics section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.