Plot Summary:Film preservation is a challenge all over the world, but on this scale of crisis Afghanistan ranks near the very top. The mini boom in film production that followed the establishment of the state Afghan Film organization in 1965 came to an end with the ascension of the Taliban, which viewed cinema as Western culture that needed to be expunged. The country's film history might well have been lost forever, if not for the brave custodians who risked their lives to conceal films from the regime. In A Flickering Truth, we meet the dedicated cinephiles who are now excavating, preserving, and restoring thousands of hours of film footage, both drama and documentary, from Afghanistan's cinematic past. The effort is led by Ibrahim Arify, who had been jailed for filmmaking under the Mujahedeen and fled the country to start a new life in Germany. Now, he has returned to rebuild Afghan Film and help bring a sense of order to a country where resources are scarce and needs are great. The heart of ...
即使在衝突不斷的阿富汗,仍有一群熱愛電影的人正全力搶救他們的電影史。阿富汗電影中心從老舊倉庫翻出八千多小時的蒙塵膠卷,一邊尋求修復資金與保存方法,一邊需要提防隨時隨地發生的自殺炸彈威脅。 在外界勢力與塔利班掌權的陰影下,阿富汗的電影藝術與自由一同遭到扼殺。上一代影迷冒著生命危險將膠卷藏起,下一代影迷接手修復曾經的耀眼光影,膠卷留下阿富汗沒有戰爭、人民安居樂業的光景,更令人不勝唏噓。導演因深受歷史悠久的阿富汗吸引,排除政治與外交困難,主動與阿富汗電影中心接洽,共同挖掘出險遭戰事掩埋的歷史。特寫他們對於國家又愛又失望的糾結,讓倏忽即逝的影像真理穿越戰亂與邊界。