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  • Summary: After 30 years of Taliban and wartime rule, pop culture is creeping back into Afghanistan in the form of Afghan Star, an enormously popular American Idol–type contest. Filmmaker Havana Marking follows the dramatic stories of four of the contestants over three months, from regional auditions to the finals in Kabul, giving us a new, and more human, look at this troubled part of the world. (Zeitgeist Films) … Expand

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Curiel
    100
    A remarkable documentary.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    100
    One of the most hopeful and heart-rending movies I've seen this year.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    60
    Fascinating and, when you see Afghan versions of Simon Cowell and Co. reacting to tryouts, a reminder of how fame and the thirst for it is the same in any language.

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