In Return to Kandahar, Nelofer Pazira returns to Afghanistan in search of her close friend Dyana, whose letters about life under the Taliban disclose her despair and thoughts of suicide. This story was fictionalized in the film "Kandahar" which rocketed to international attention following the events of 9/11, starring Nelofer Pazira. Today's film continues where that film left off. More widely, we will discuss multidisciplinary strategies and diasporic storytelling : Pazira moves from fictional feature, to doc, to book/memoir, to TV news, enacting, retelling, reconfiguring and influencing the events she describes.
Check link in post title for the "Return to Kandahar" web site.
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