- Jihad (documentary)
Jihad is a
1986 documentary film produced and directed byJeff B. Harmon about theSoviet war in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes ofHaji Latif , 'The Lion of Kandahar’, and his group of Islamic holy warriors.Harmon made six illegal, clandestine trips into
Afghanistan in order to film theMujahideen inKandahar and other provinces.When Harmon and his cameraman, Alexander Lindsay, were with Haji Latif's fighter, the Soviet and Afghan forces found out about and launched an unsuccessful operation to stop the making of the film, resulting in the deaths of 27 mujahideen.
The film won the Royal Television Society Journalism Award, the ACE Award, the Blue Ribbon at the American Film and Video Festival, and CINE's Golden Eagle.
he film was a Duce Films International Ltd. Production for the
BBC andNational Geographic Explorer. It runs 52 mins."Jihad" is part of Harmon's "Afghan Trilogy", which also included the documentaries “Afgan” and “
Warlord of Kayan ”.External links
* [http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=9014&tmpl=synopses Jihad: Afghanistan's Holy War]
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