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Show all (5)After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, "Pop Idol" has come to television in Afghanistan. Here, we follow four contestants as they risk their lives to sing in competition.
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“Afghan Star,’’ the TV show, is exactly what “American Idol’’ would look like if the contestants were playing for the biggest stakes imaginable: political and social freedom, gender equality, a chance to heal a country 30 years under the yokes of war and religious dictatorship. “Afghan Star,’’ the documentary about that TV show, is one of the most hopeful and heart-rending movies I’ve seen this year. (Full review)