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Boy Mir
The Boy Mir
(Ten Years in Afghanistan)
Following the international hit The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, THE BOY MIR covers not just one year but ten. It tracks the irrepressible and lovable Mir from a naïve 8-year-old to a fully grown adult. Over this decade, it not only is a journey that follows Mir as he journeys into early adulthood in one of the toughest places on earth but it a film that is unmatched in mirroring and unveiling the vitally important story of modern Afghanistan.
This is a film that reveals in a deeply moving and intimate fashion what has been happening in Afghanistan over the past decade since the November 2001 fall of the Taliban. What difference has America’s and other allies’ input had on this country? Is there still a chance that Mir will end up as a soldier or opium farmer and, if so, can this cycle ever really be changed? The US alone spends $60bn a year keeping soldiers there – but to what effect? Are they losing the hearts & minds battle or are they protecting the young boys – and girls – who attend Mir’s bare and tiny school?
THE BOY MIR reveals this day-to-day life of Mir and his family from a very close-up perspective. The narrative is driven by Mir’s journey into his early teens, when he will be expected to put his childish ways behind him and begin the difficult process of becoming a man. This is hard enough for any child, but Mir has to face this challenge in modern Afghanistan. In sum, this is a unique portrayal of life, full of humour, full of poignancy, in today’s Afghanistan.
This is a film that reveals in a deeply moving and intimate fashion what has been happening in Afghanistan over the past decade since the November 2001 fall of the Taliban. What difference has America’s and other allies’ input had on this country? Is there still a chance that Mir will end up as a soldier or opium farmer and, if so, can this cycle ever really be changed? The US alone spends $60bn a year keeping soldiers there – but to what effect? Are they losing the hearts & minds battle or are they protecting the young boys – and girls – who attend Mir’s bare and tiny school?
THE BOY MIR reveals this day-to-day life of Mir and his family from a very close-up perspective. The narrative is driven by Mir’s journey into his early teens, when he will be expected to put his childish ways behind him and begin the difficult process of becoming a man. This is hard enough for any child, but Mir has to face this challenge in modern Afghanistan. In sum, this is a unique portrayal of life, full of humour, full of poignancy, in today’s Afghanistan.
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