Beneath the Veil
General information
- Call No.:
-
350-4-1:4/1
- Part of series
- HU OSA 350-4-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Afghanistan
- Located at
- BetaSP NTSC #4 / No. 1
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00009789
- Date of production
- 2001
- Date
- 2001
- Level
- Item
- Primary Type
- Moving image
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 53 min.
- Notes
- Warning: graphic images.
Content
- Form/Genre
- Documentary film
- Contents Summary
- The Taliban imposed strict Islamic laws from the time it took control of most of Afghanistan in 1996. In "Beneath the Veil," journalist Saira Shah travels to Afghanistan to see the effects of the Taliban's rule on her father's homeland. She discovers public executions, allegations of human rights violations like massacres and torture, and a place where women are forced to beg because they are prevented from working—but she also found that the first voices of protest come from the most repressed, including an opposition group that uses hidden cameras to film executions.
Context
- Associated Names
- Harrison, Cassian (Director)
- Miller, James (Camera)
- Shah, Saira (Reporter)
- Channel 4 (Copyright holder)