Top 20 movies like Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan

Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan

Amir, shot during the height of the Afghan civil war in the 1980s, investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan refugees are expressed through their political songs dealing with the civil war in Afghanistan, with exile, with Afghan nationalism and with the Islamic revolution. In highly charged and tragic circumstances, music can be used in very direct ways, both to promote solidarity and as an agent of catharsis.

Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan is of 0 hour(s) and 52 minute(s). It is Produced By:  NFTS. It was released on 1985-01-01. It has the tagline: In highly charged and tragic circumstances, music can be used in very direct ways.

Genres: DocumentaryMusic

1. That Guy Dick Miller

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Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries.

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2. The Case of the Three Sided Dream

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7. Uncommon Sense

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8. Eterna (Eterna)

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9. Volbeat - Let’s Boogie! Live from Telia Parken (Volbeat - Let’s Boogie! Live from Telia Parken)

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14. Walk the Line

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17. 526 (526)

526

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