Before drones filmed wars, one Canadian smuggled cameras into hell.
Canadian documentary film depicting the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s. Nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989.
Direction
Burke embedded where journalists feared to go.
Production
Shot on smuggled 16mm under active Soviet bombardment.
Director
Martyn Burke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burke posed as a medical supplies courier to cross from Pakistan. The 'doctors' were actually mujahideen.
This film vanished for decades; most Genie voters never watched it. It's now a time capsule of Western alliance with future enemies.
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