Hollywoodgate

  • A Taliban soldier stands next to a steal gate with the words "Hollywood Gate 4."

Director Ibrahim Nash’at IN PERSON for Q&A after the screening

An extraordinary, chilling glimpse into the void that Is Taliban rule” – Variety

When the United States withdrew from its twenty-year “forever war” in Afghanistan, the Taliban retook control of the ravaged country and immediately found an American base loaded with weaponry—a portion of the over $7 billion in U.S. armaments still in the country. Unprecedented and audacious, director

Ibrahim Nash’at’s HOLLYWOODGATE spends a year inside Afghanistan following the Taliban as they take possession of the cache America left behind—and transform from a fundamentalist militia into a heavily armed military regime.

“This is what access journalism should be.” -Indiewire
“Hollywoodgate throws us in the deep end and compels us to swim.” -Rolling Stone
“Hollywoodgate will gain potency in the years to come.” -The Hollywood Reporter

Runtime
1h 31m
Year
2023
Director
Ibrahim Nash’at
Format
DCP
Country
Germany, USA
Language
Pashto, Dari, English with English subtitles
First Showing
August 3, 2024