Mina Walking (2015)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 5M

Director : Yosef Baraki

Synopsis

Saddled by a senile grandfather and a neglectful father, Mina, an impulsive twelve-year-old Afghan street seller sees her future slipping away when she is forced to neglect her education and walk the streets of Kabul to support her fragmented family. In the seven days that follow her life, Mina’s quest to emancipate her father from the claws of a local drug dealer and her attempt to secretly attend school underlines the current struggle of a young generation of Afghans trying to shake off the echoes of oppression from the Taliban era that continues to haunt those who bore witness to it.

Actors

Farzana Nawabi
Farzana Nawabi
Mina

Crews

Yosef Baraki
Yosef Baraki
Director
Yosef Baraki
Yosef Baraki
Writer
Yosef Baraki
Yosef Baraki
Editor
Andrew Korogyi
Andrew Korogyi
Editor
Vaheed Kaacemy
Vaheed Kaacemy
Music

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