Hollywoodgate
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Overview
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 the U.S.
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Review
Immediately after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban took over a container building believed to be a former CIA base. Labeled as Hollywoodgate in the front, it is still full of useful military supplies. A Taliban Air Force Commander(Taliban also has Air Force), Malawi Mansour, instructs his men to compile a list of supplies and fix them to use for the upcoming battle against Tajikistan. The military supplies worth over USD 9 million left by the U.S. are handed to the Taliban for no cost. This incredible documentary has captured senior Taliban military officials right next door for a year and was filmed with the Taliban's permission for propaganda purposes. The political and military actions of the U.S. in Afghanistan are underlined as a pointless and disastrous failure toward the audiences. (CHUN Jinsu)
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Credit
- DirectorIbrahim NASH'AT
- ProducerTalal DERKI, Odessa RAE, Shane BORIS
- ScreenplayIbrahim NASH'AT, Talal DERKI, Shane BORIS
- CinematographyIbrahim NASH'AT
- MusicVolker BERTELMANN
- EditorAtanas GEORGIEV, Marion TUOR
- SoundFrank KRUSE
Film Source
Tal Elkayam⎜tal@cinephil.com
Director
Ibrahim NASH'AT
Born in Jeddah, 1990. Ibrahim Nash’at is an Egyptian documentary filmmaker based in Berlin. He has directed A Moment with the Wind (2018). Hollywoodgate (2023) is Ibrahim’s first feature film.
