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stagings. Kabul, Film
& Production
of Representation
Sandra Schaefer
142 Seiten, zahlr.
Farbabbildungen,
engl., 16 Euro, b_books, ISBN 978-3-933557-99-5
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In stagings. Kabul, Film
&
Production
of Representation, author, artist and
filmmaker Sandra Schäfer brings up the question of media and
political images of “Afghanistan”. City and cinema create stages
for the counter-production of representation, for new definitions and
reinterpretations of gender roles and power relations.
stagings
addresses urban issues “beyond the civitas” but also keeps an eye
on cultural production, image politics and media strategies.
Highlighted films, international exhibitions and festivals explore
the resistive role of gender politics in Afghanistan, with a
secondary aim of undermining the instrumentalization of the “women’s
question” for interventionist-political purposes. The book also
presents photographs, film stills and related documents from the past
forty years.
A
rich docu-fictional range is spanned, from a staged demonstration
re-enacting historical protests of women against the Taliban regime
to real protests against the new Afghan family law. Interviews with
Kabul filmmaker and women rights activist Diana Saqeb, award winning
filmmaker Siddiq Barmak, and Afghan-Canadian journalist and filmmaker
Nelofer Pazira reflect gender issues and current work. Film critic
Madeleine Bernstorff examines the film Passing
the Rainbow by Sandra Schäfer and
Elfe Brandenburger. Portraits of actresses Aiqela Rezaie (Five
in the Afternoon by Samira Makhmalbaf)
and Hamida Refah (Kite Runner
by Marc Foster) and the martial arts film director Saba Sahar provide
insight to the landscape of film production in Kabul.
Content
Civil / Society,
Jochen Becker for metroZones
Urban settings and other
kinds too
The Making, Sandra
Schäfer
Passing the Rainbow
stagings
to act in history
Contested Documentary
Values, Madeleine Bernstorff
“This is my room. There
are no men, relax!”, Aiqela Rezaie
“I produce action films
because that’s what people in this country like.”, Saba Sahar
“The government must
provide us housing!”, Hamida Refah
People stand for their
position, Telephone interview with Siddiq Barmak
If we keep quiet today,
our whole society will be affected tomorrow, Email interview
with Diana Saqeb
Women don’t leave home,
not because of men but because they don’t feel safe, Nelofer
Pazira
Appendix /
Biographies of those involved
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