ROCKABUL

By Travis BEARD

NOISE FILM & TV - as PROMO

Art - Culture - Completed 2018

WOULD YOU PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR YOUR MUSIC?

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2018
Discoveries
Rotterdam IFFR 2018
Sydney Film Festival 2018
Revelation International Film Festival, 2018
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Art - Culture, Documentary
    • Countries
    • AFGHANISTAN, AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Travis BEARD
    • Producer(s)
    • Brooke Tia SILCOX (No-Thing Productions), Christian FALCH (Gammaglimt AS)
    • Synopsis
    • RocKabul is a coming of age documentary which deals with youth identity and freedom of expression that existed on the precipitous of the fragile city of Kabul. It shows the strength of the human spirit as Afghanistan's first and only metal band, District Unknown, reach out to the disenchanted Afghan youth, the expat community and eventually the outside world. However, by challenging this traditional Islamic republic, District Unknown literally put themselves and their fans in the firing line. The grassroots music movement which encouraged the participation of men and women alike ultimately crumbles under the weight of the conservative society that shadows them. Captured by Australian filmmaker, Travis Beard who lived in Kabul for seven years, the film features a side of Afghan life rarely shown in Western media.