A hard hitting documentary with presenter Saira Shah who goes out of her way to show you what the Afghanistan not shown in the press is like. Including a particularly disturbing visit to the Afghanistan football staidum (soccer) that is instead used for executions. Not especially original, but you are guaranteed to have found out some significant things you never knew about Afghanistan after the documentary is finished. I strongly recommend this documentary to anyone who are interested in Afghanistan.
4 Reviews
Incredible - I wish I could find a video or DVD
Lanwench30 September 2001
This was a terrifying, incredibly informative documentary of a battered country and those who rule it. I applaud Ms. Shah's courage, and the courage of those who accompanied her on this tour through Islamic extremism.
Insightful and often chilling
blueharv24 September 2001
Beneath the Veil is a very chilling and insightful peek into the mysterious land of Afghanistan. Cassian Harrison puts herself at increasingly greater risk to obtain footage and information pertaining to the secret lives of the people living under the oppression of the Taliban.
What makes this documentary even more interesting is that it screened in Australia on the ABC's Four Corners the very day before the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
This is very compelling film and one which demonstrates the best that documentaries can be.
What makes this documentary even more interesting is that it screened in Australia on the ABC's Four Corners the very day before the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
This is very compelling film and one which demonstrates the best that documentaries can be.
"i was actually disturbed.."
aeon_nephesh10 January 2002
technically, shah's work on this documentary was excellent. the information was delivered in a truly haunting method, as if the information itself wasn't horrific enough.
as far as the effect her documentary had on me, i don't suppose i could say anything that different from what has already been said... but when i watched this, i felt i'd understood why my father volunteered for vietnam when he was seventeen years old; why he and other americans felt justified, felt that they were only trying to help.. shah's "beneath the veil" definitely sets her apart from pseudojournalists trying to bank off of sensationalism without playing headgames or guilt trips.
as far as the effect her documentary had on me, i don't suppose i could say anything that different from what has already been said... but when i watched this, i felt i'd understood why my father volunteered for vietnam when he was seventeen years old; why he and other americans felt justified, felt that they were only trying to help.. shah's "beneath the veil" definitely sets her apart from pseudojournalists trying to bank off of sensationalism without playing headgames or guilt trips.
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