Film
The Miscreants of Taliwood
Australia · Pakistan- Director
- George Gittoes
- Year
- 2009
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’?
Top cast
Directed by
George Gittoes
Written by
George Gittoes, Gabrielle Dalton
Produced by
Gabrielle Dalton