Kabuli Kid (Barmak Akram, 2008): France/Afghanistan

Reviewed by Linda Schad. Viewed at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In Barmak Akram’s feature debut,  Kabuli Kid , we first meet the main protagonist, a Kabul taxi driver, Khaled (Hadji Gul), happily chatting away with a passenger about how life has changed for the better since the repressive Taliban regime lost its control … Continue reading Kabuli Kid (Barmak Akram, 2008): France/Afghanistan