Monday, May 08, 2006
Great news today. Award-winning documentary makers, Amir and Taghi Amirani are planning to make a film on AK Comics - initially for UK television.
This offers tremendous potential for the AK message to travel worldwide once again. Taghi Amirani first sprang to fame covering the Afghan war in 2002, including a harrowing documentary on an Afghan refugee camp. The contrast in the film between the absolute poverty of the refugees and the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on the invasion leaves an indelible impression.
Amirani Films has won awards in countries as far apart as Georgia and the United States. More recently, they have turned their eyes towards covering events in Iran from the point of view of the humanist reform movement - and also looking at the UK from the point of view of an Iranian.
The interest of Amirani Films in investigating the AK Comics phenomenon - positive role models for Arab and Middle Eastern children - is much appreciated.
This offers tremendous potential for the AK message to travel worldwide once again. Taghi Amirani first sprang to fame covering the Afghan war in 2002, including a harrowing documentary on an Afghan refugee camp. The contrast in the film between the absolute poverty of the refugees and the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on the invasion leaves an indelible impression.
Amirani Films has won awards in countries as far apart as Georgia and the United States. More recently, they have turned their eyes towards covering events in Iran from the point of view of the humanist reform movement - and also looking at the UK from the point of view of an Iranian.
The interest of Amirani Films in investigating the AK Comics phenomenon - positive role models for Arab and Middle Eastern children - is much appreciated.
