Afghanistan before the Wars (3 of 14)

http://www.filmbaby.com/films/934
An anti-war documentary film
In 1972 Eric Siegel, an early pioneer of video art, set out on an extreme adventure driving overland from Europe six thousand miles to India. He was one of the first people to use the revolutionary new technology from Sony Corporation, the Porta-Pak. This was the first small portable video camera/recorder combo that was the predecessor of today's camcorders. Together with his friend Anthony they documented the trip. For thirty years this footage remained in storage until the calamity of 9-11 hit. The filmmaker realized that the old footage had now become very relevant in this changed world. It was shortly afterward that he commenced work on it.

This video is the portion of the trip that took them through Afghanistan, one of the most exotic places along the way. Since the tragedy of 9-11, that little far off country has gone from obscurity to headline news.




Afghanistan has had a tumultuous history, for 200 years Imperial England and Russia have been fighting over control of it. Historians have referred to this period as "The Great Game".




Seven years after this video was made the game continued when Russia invaded Afghanistan. This was the beginning of 20 years of civil war, destruction, and famine. On October 6th 2001 a new chapter in the violent history of this poor country occurred when the United States began its military campaign against the Taliban government. This video shows: Afghanistan before the wars, and examines the forces that were at work to destroy it.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Barack
• Obama
• Zbigniew
• Brzezinski
• Afghanistan
• wars
• Osama
• bin
• Laden
• Taliban
• ISI
• Mujahideen
• al-Qaeda
• Islamic
• fundamentalismm
• Northern
• Alliance
• Central
• Asia

[TurkFutbol10]

lol i met iranian people like this guy one guy named mohammad and he sounds exactly like this guy but he is like middle aged man..looks like this guy too

[ericvideo]

Tell him to watch this video, maybe it's him

[punchoo]

I feel this young man is very intelligent and with the right education he could do brilliantly in this world. I hope he is alright and doing well...

[omadbaba]

that irani kid speaks english is good like considering it at that time there were few people who spoke english at that time

[Mangi132]

My heart breaks for how fucked up the world is when I watch this video

[ilovebannu]

this made my day thankyou eric :D

[gerkins1]

THIS IS A GOOD ONE TO VIEW THE INTERACTION WITH A LOCAL AND THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TODAY.

[Sunny066]

@INDIANGAZZA Haha that is so true :D

[berkeh15]

i fuck mossadegh,long live shah

[ezatt1995]

i wish afghanistan was still like this

[wild0hawk]

very bright kid

[maiwandwal]

Love it. It would be amazing if Mohamad saw this. I cant beelive he is 17 and quoting shakespear wow.

[shir1999]

Sharp intelligent Iranian kid! what a treasure your show us. thank you!

[givebirthathome]

This is so cute.