Film · 1985 · Documentary

Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan

Name: Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
Director: John Baily
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1985-01-01
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Amir Muhammad, Shah Wali Khan, Satar Khan, A. W. Sultani

In highly charged and tragic circumstances, music can be used in very direct ways.

★7.0 1985 52m John Baily PG-13

Amir, shot during the height of the Afghan civil war in the 1980s, investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan refugees are expressed through their political songs dealing with the civil war in Afghanistan, with exile, with Afghan nationalism and with the Islamic revolution. In highly charged and tragic circumstances, music can be used in very direct ways, both to promote solidarity and as an agent of catharsis.

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Synopsis

DocumentaryMusic

Cast

4 principal cast

Amir Muhammad

Self

Shah Wali Khan

Self

Satar Khan

Self

A. W. Sultani

Self

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Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan (1985) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 52m documentary directed by John Baily is rated 7.0/10 by 1 viewers.