The music stopped when the Taliban took over Afghanistan – it was forbidden, the penalty death. Young girls who belonged to a music school had to go into hiding. This is the story of their escape and attempt to play music again.
Kevin Macdonald is an Oscar-winning feature and documentary film director. His films include One Day in September, which won him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the documentary Touching the Void, The Last King of Scotland, which won Forest Whitaker the Academy Award for Best Actor, and acclaimed documentaries on artists Whitney Houston and Bob Marley. He also directed the documentary, Bruno v Tyson, as well as feature film, The Mauritanian, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster, and Tahar Rahim.
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