Hollywoodgate

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Hollywoodgate

Released Jul 19

1h 32m

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Immediately after the US withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban occupied the "Hollywood Gate" complex, claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. The Taliban finds countless aircrafts, weapons and pieces of military equipment. Over one year, HOLLYWOODGATE shows the transformation of an extremist militia into a military regime.

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An exposé on the Taliban that can only show what documentarian Ibrahim Nash'at was allowed, Hollywoodgate provides an incomplete but vital glimpse into Afghanistan's new status quo.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Hollywoodgate shows the disturbing results of the power vacuum created by US military intervention in Afghanistan.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 17, 2024

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

“Hollywoodgate” is a fascinatingly — and sometimes frustratingly — oblique portrait of a country and its people in the tragic grip of extremism.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 30, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

[A] fascinating, chilling film.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 19, 2024

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

The footage is almost heart-stoppingly raw, peppered with real-life humour even as it chills us to the bone. It's a documentary unlike anything else out there, and what it reveals is intensely urgent.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 10, 2024

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

Its degree of difficulty was extremely high, perhaps the highest of any nonfiction film this year

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 6, 2024

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Dan Schindel

Hyperallergic

In an impressive coup of access, filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at managed to become embedded with Taliban forces, spending a year watching them transition from insurgency back to governance.

Aug 21, 2024

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Denise P

A good look at the Taliban forces after US military pull out. They should be playing in high schools a d college current affairs curriculum

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08/10/24

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Shane Boris

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Synopsis

Immediately after the US withdraws from Afghanistan, the Taliban occupied the "Hollywood Gate" complex, claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. The Taliban finds countless aircrafts, weapons and pieces of military equipment. Over one year, HOLLYWOODGATE shows the transformation of an extremist militia into a military regime.

Director: Ibrahim Nash'at
Producer: Talal Derki, Odessa Rae, Shane Boris
Screenwriter: Ibrahim Nash'at, Talal Derki, Shane Boris
Distributor: Fourth Act Film
Production Co: Rolling Narratives, Cottage M, RaeFilm Studios, Jouzour Productions
Genre: Documentary, History
Original Language: Pashto
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 19, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 32m