The Miscreants of Taliwood

(2009)

★ 8.1 IMDb · 130 votes

Genres: Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

Year: 2009

Runtime: 93 мин

Country: Australia, Pakistan

Director: George Gittoes

Cast: George Gittoes, Javed Musazai

Plot

The Australian maverick director George Gittoes travels to Terror Central in Pakistan, where he decides to shoot a local Pashto telie film (high on kitsch and machine guns) right under the nose of the Taliban’s anti-entertainment forces. He throws himself into the clash of fundamentalism and entertainment – virtual and real – in this off-beat docu-drama mix. Gittoes takes us on a surprising, terrifying journey, into the forbidden zones of Pakistan’s explosive North West Frontier. Is it a documentary or is this ‘war art’?