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Summary
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+17)
Critics 89Audiences 72GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer100%
Metascore78
Audience score77%
IMDb7.2
User score6.6
Running time
1 h 27 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −9 min on the typical 96
typical 9687Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 41 countries
+31Released
2008
December 3, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PashtoMade in
United Kingdom- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Directing · 1
- Havana Marking Director
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