Hollywoodgate

Nominee
Luigi De Laurentiis Award
Venice Film Festival
The spoils of war are a chore in this fascinating fly-on-the-wall study of the Taliban’s first year in power.
-- Xan Brooks, The Guardian

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Hollywoodgate

Unprecedented and audacious, HOLLYWOODGATE is the riveting result of the year director Ibrahim Nash'at spent with the Taliban in the wake of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Risking his life in the war-torn nation, Nash'at is on the ground with the Taliban when they enter an American base loaded with a portion of the roughly $7 billion worth of U.S. armaments left behind. Driving towards an astonishing and chilling end, Nash'at tracks Taliban leaders as they attempt to transform from a fundamentalist militia into a modern military regime, employing Hollywood-style propaganda to achieve their goals.

"The sledgehammer impact of “Hollywoodgate” comes from director Nash’at peering into the Taliban leadership’s inner circle for a year and finding not even a glimmer of goodness." ~ Jessica Kiang, Variety
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Politics & World Affairs, Fascism
Runtime
91
Language
Arabic, English
Director
Ibrahim Nash'at
Awards:
Nominee, Luigi De Laurentiis Award, Venice Film Festival

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