Afghanistan before the Wars (8 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

[mokkir]

I have been to Afghanistan before the war. lovely country until the pentagon decided to fight for democracy. I mean oil and shit.

[sphiney]

sad to see that they had bazaars, mosques, museum, clean people, no beards, children can play outside and many more. now what they have are dirt and a government for the few. i am very sad to see the destruction of this country. i really pity them. so very sorry.

[karimpopal]

I would like to thank the film maker for this movie, It shows what sort of people we are and remind us of our background, It was a poor background but very peaceful and lived as one human being on the planet.

[afghan901]

thank you soo much for uploading i would buy the movie but iam from germany :(

my mother cried when she saw the video. good old days fuck war

[maiwandwal]

@moidixmois1 i am pretty sure that was a little girl. if there are Afghans from these areas, u should make copies of this vid I guarantee that if u take them and show them to then local ppl they will recognise themselves or relatives,.. now that wiould be amazing.

[maiwandwal]

@LoveOfRighteousness yeah i thought that too, especially mir mohamad allem - what a grand looking lad - I would say he would b in his mid-late 50's. God knows if even 1/2 are alive now. so sad the total destruction of an ancient land and ancient ppl's -all bcoz American govts greed.

[Afghanprince08]

MAY ALMIGHTY ALLAH, GIVE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS REWARD FOR UPLOADING THIS VIDEO.

[srajjad]

I hope Afghans get their homeland back and live happily like they used to in this video!.

[moidixmois1]

That little dance was adorable. I'm just left wondering, was the kid with the baby on it's back was a boy or girl? I can't tell since it's black and white. I'm asking because in these videos I think I only seen boys?

[MillionInChange]

THANKS MAN! This series is great!