- Afgan (documentary)
AFGAN is a
1989 documentary film produced and directed byJeff B. Harmon about theSoviet war in Afghanistan .It tells the stories of officers and soldiers serving in various units of the Soviet Armed Forces just prior to their withdrawal from Afghanistan, after the signing of the Geneva Accords.
The 40 minute film includes combat missions with the
Spetsnaz elite units, never before filmed by a Western crew. It also shows helicopter gunship pilots from aKabul -based Air Assault Unit flying missions, the patrolling of the Salang mountain pass and the military hospital in Kabul.Soviet General Lev Serebrov referred to the making of the film as "An experiment in
glasnost ".The film won the Blue Ribbon at the American Film & Video Festival.
It was a Duce Films International Ltd. Production for
Channel 4 (UK) andNational Geographic Explorer.The film is part of Harmon's "Afghan Trilogy", which also included the documentaries “Jihad” and “
Warlord of Kayan ”.External links
* [http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=9013 Afgan: The Soviet Experience]
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