This acclaimed SBS series takes the viewer through the experiences of Afghan people who came to Australia from the 1970s to the present. Seven diverse stories reflect the range of trials faced by people who have experienced life under numerous regimes, including Communism, Mujaheddin and the Taliban. Episode 1: Artist George Gittoes discuses his visit to Afghanistan, the stories of which inspired new work that speaks of harrowing tales. Episode 2: Professor Hala and Doctor Safi were once teacher and student at the University of Kabul. Their lives of politics, journalism and brutal persecution took them on separate courses until they both found asylum in Australia. Episode 3: In 1979 Abdullah Shariat left fourth year medical school to become a freedom fighter, in Northern Afghanistan, against the Communists. Episode 4: Karima Haroon is an exuberant young woman from Afghanistan who arrived in Australia as a boat refugee. Tragic circumstances have forced her to take responsibility for her entire family. Episode 5: Khadern Nori and Shafiq Monis are both from the Hazara tribe in Afghanistan. Following persecution by the Taliban they spent a treacherous journey aboard a boat travelling to Australia before spending a year in Woomera Detention Centre. Episode 6: Sayd Sarshar, a musician, Dr Nooria Mehraby, a counsellor, and Mohammed Arif, a refugee, discuss their country’s many years of turmoil. Episode 7: Abeda Iqbal and Massooda Hassan are two close girlfriends in their early twenties who arrived in Australia as children. They discuss their hopes for the future. Some quite remarkable and heart-rending tales emerge from these intimate and revelatory interviews.
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ACMI Identifier
317448
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Interviews
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Australia
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Women - Interviews
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Afghanistan
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Afghanistan - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Emigration and immigration - Psychological aspects
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Muslim women - Afghanistan
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women immigrants
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Woomera (S. Aust.)
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Land mines
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Persecution
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Persecution
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Asylum seekers
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Emigration and immigration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Illegal aliens
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Muslim women - Afghanistan
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Persecution
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political persecution
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Racism - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Taliban
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women immigrants
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Muslim women - Afghanistan
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women immigrants
History → Afghanistan - History - 1989-
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)