The Boy Mir: Ten Years In Afghanistan
Directed by Phil Grabsky | UK | 2011 | 90min | Subtitled | (Q&A)
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Ten years in the making, this appealing documentary follows a young boy, Mir, from age 8 to 18, as he grows to adulthood with his family in rural Afghanistan. After the award-winning THE BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN (SBIFF, 2004) introduced 8-year-old Mir, the filmmakers returned to Afghanistan year after year. After the fall of the Taliban, Mir’s family is at last able to leave the Bamiyan caves to return to their distant home in the desert north. It is a hardscrabble life. Mir helps to support the family, plowing and grazing the goats on seemingly leafless mountain slopes. His dreams of becoming a teacher—or even president!—are fading, but through it all he keeps his enthusiasm and his smile. THE BOY MIR: TEN YEARS IN AFGANISTAN reveals Afghanistan in the context of one family. It is a unique and poignant human-scaled portrait. - Betsy Cramer
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Metro 4
618 State St., Santa Barbara, 805-963-9503
- Saturday, Feb. 5, 8:15 a.m.
S.B. Museum of Art
1130 State St., Santa Barbara, 805-884-6454
- Wednesday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
- Friday, Feb. 4, 1 p.m.
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