Al Jazeera Documentary Meets LOOKSfilm
Based on the trust we had built with the outstanding ‘Al Shaqab’ production we started the next production together. It was as if it had been planned nearly 20 years ago: a series about Afghanistan. We wanted to make the impossible: to tell the story of 40 years of war from the different perspectives of those involved – rural and urban Afghans, Soviet communists, Western supporters, the Mujaheddin, the Taliban. And we especially wanted to hear the voices of Afghan women. This production, again, was only possible through in-depth discussions and outstanding support from the AJD team. Against all odds we delivered a great series to the world, a coproduction between AJD, LOOKSfilm, NDR, ARTE and Russian Format TV, joined by NRK, DR, TVP, CT, VPRO and Tout l’Histoire. In June 2021 the series ‘Afghanistan – The Wounded Land’ received the GRIMME Preis, the highest German TV award. It is also nominated for the Rocky award and the Rose d’Or.
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