Takbir
Filmed the night after the Taliban’s re-taking of Kabul, Takbir evokes the lasting material and cultural legacies of Afghanistan’s many foreign occupations.
Filmed the night after the Taliban’s re-taking of Kabul, Takbir evokes the lasting material and cultural legacies of Afghanistan’s many foreign occupations.
Filmed the night after the Taliban’s re-taking of Kabul, Takbir evokes the lasting material and cultural legacies of Afghanistan’s many foreign occupations.
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