Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
Plot: 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
Release Date:
Tuesday, January 1 1985 40 years ago
Amir Muhammad
John Baily