World News | Afghan Women Filmmakers Plead at Venice
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Afghan female filmmakers who fled the Taliban are begging the world to not forget the Afghan people and to support its artists.
Venice, Sep 4 (AP) Afghan female filmmakers who fled the Taliban are begging the world to not forget the Afghan people and to support its artists.
The women spoke at a panel discussion at the Venice Film Festival to warn that a country without culture will eventually lose its identity.
Also Read | US Climber Dies Near Summit of Bolivian Andes Peak.
Sahraa Karimi, the first female president of the Afghan Film Organization, choked up in telling reporters all that had been lost after the Taliban completed their takeover of the country.
She cited numerous films in pre-and-post production, filmmaking workshops, insurance policies that had all ground to a halt, and film archives that are now in the hands of the Taliban.
“Imagine a country without artists, a country without filmmakers. How can they defend its identity?” She said. (AP)
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)