The Miscreants of Taliwood(2009)

Name: The Miscreants of Taliwood
Director: George Gittoes
Genre: Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 2009-01-01
Duration: 93 min
Cast: George Gittoes, Javed Musazai

George Gittoes Javed Musazai

The Australian maverick director George Gittoes travels to Terror Central in Pakistan, where he decides to shoot a local Pashto telie film (high on kitsch and machine guns) right under the nose of the Taliban’s anti-entertainment forces. He throws himself into the clash of fundamentalism and entertainment – virtual and real – in this off-beat docu-drama mix. Gittoes takes us on a surprising, terrifying journey, into the forbidden zones of Pakistan’s explosive North West Frontier. Is it a documentary or is this ‘war art’?