Hollywoodgate

Hollywoodgate shows the disturbing results of the power vacuum created by US military intervention in Afghanistan.

“Hollywoodgate” is a fascinatingly — and sometimes frustratingly — oblique portrait of a country and its people in the tragic grip of extremism.

[A] fascinating, chilling film.

It’s a fascinating, chilling, if limited study of how the endless cycle of global warfare plays out.

It’s not often that you see a prestige documentary where the film-maker is in constant danger of being summarily executed by his subjects, but that is the central sickening tension that drives this superlative movie from Ibrahim Nash’at.

Offering an intimate look at their daily lives, Nash’at’s film does a rather brilliant job of offering a raw and uncompromising insight into Afghanistan’s new ruling class, who allow him to film them, despite their obvious mistrust for him throughout.

While the depth of Hollywoodgate is limited by its very nature, the footage Nash'at shows us is of immense value... [Full Review in Spanish]

A fascinating documentary that offers a rare glimpse behind the curtain of extremism.

How Nash’at managed to get himself and his film out is another story, one that presumably could not be told here for safety reasons. Still, an amazing piece of work and an example of true journalistic bravery.

Ibrahim Nash’at’s Hollywoodgate pointedly shows the power of the Taliban, with a quietly menacing focus on the role the US and NATO played in encouraging it.