Firedancer (2003)
1h 19m
Running Time
May 9, 2003Release Date
Plot.
For centuries the Afghan people threw back all invaders. But in 1979, the Russians invaded with planes and tanks. 5 million Afghans fled the country. 300,000 lucky ones made it to North America. They escaped the Russians but not themselves. This film depicts the lives of the members of two families in New York.
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Cast & Crew.

Baktash Zaher
Haris

Mariam Weiss
Laila

Yunis Azizi
Rustum

Samira Cameron
Zohra

Jawed Wassel
Director

Wayne Sharpe
Original Music Composer

Bud Gardner
Cinematography

Lizzie Donahue
Editor

Vida Zaher Khadem
Editor

Bill Gerstenmaier
Editor

Sean Attebury
Jacques

Ashok Nanda
Director

Jeff Marcello
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
Fire Dancer is a 2002 film directed by an Afghan-American film director Jawed Wassel. It was the first Afghan film to be submitted for an Academy Award.