Afgan Star

Beginning to End:

This documentary here is a film about how Afghanistan has gotten their own Afghanistan Idol version of American Idol in public for the nation. Thousands of citizens of Afghanistan, from all ethnic groups, came together to compete to compete, to become Afghanistan's singer.  Many did not pass the stages of getting to the top, but the last four that stood at the top were, Rafi, Lima, Hameed, and Setara. All of them are great singer. But the one with that became vulnerable after her last stand on stage was Setara. Due to religious custom and the country's society, women are not allow to dance on stage and take off their veil over their head, in which she did. Thus she faces hardships of being threaten and looked down upon. All four of them wants to win, and sing for and to all of the Afghanistan, and recover it's country since the Taliban rule. In the end Rafi wins the Afgan Idol.

Government and Society:

This is Setara dancing and sing on stage

In this film documentary, it shows a lot of how the Taliban have effected the people and their life. The effects of the Taliban on the people is that it restricted many to do what they want, and with their life, everyone was really divided up. But after the Taliban has died down, in this documentary, we can see that the people are trying to recover especially their singing, and with the vast amount of participants from all the regions of Afghanistan everyone came together from every ethnic groups.

With Setara's situation, I think that, what she did is and was how she really felt that if there are to be change, it should not just start with singing. But the reaction of the people that saw what she did were like unbelievable, as if they have not seen someone done that. We get the view of the people, especially strongly from the men, how they wanted to kill her, banish her, and even calling her a "loose women," when they do see that other women have done way more than what Setara did. But of course it's a cultural thing, thus they see it differently, since it's within their own country, religion, culture, and custom.

My Thought:

I do consider this documentary to be watch. It really shows a lot about Afghanistan and its people. With this documentary I even questioned myself: Would I have done the something similar as Setara?