"The Boy Mir: 10 Years in Afghanistan" - A Special Screening

On November 10, 2011 USIP presented a special screening of filmmaker Phil Grabsky’s documentary “The Boy Mir,” which presented a different perspective on the past 10 years in Afghanistan. In 2001, Grabsky followed Mir, a young Afghan boy, as he faced displacement from his home and a changing world, depicted in “The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan.” “The Boy Mir” picks up where Grabsky left off, charting 10 years in Mir’s life. This coming of age story poses important questions on the war’s impact, and on the modern Afghanistan emerging from decades of conflict. The screening of the film was followed by a question and answer session with Phil Grabsky.

Featuring

• Phil Grabsky
  Director
  "The Boy Mir" and "The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan"

• Barmak Pazhwak
  Senior Program Officer (Afghanistan and Pakistan), Grants Program
  United States Institute of Peace

Explore Further

• Learn more about USIP's work in Afghanistan
• Read the Peacebrief, "Istanbul and Bonn Conference: Building Blocks of the Afghan Transition Process"
• Read the Peacebrief, "Impact or Illusion? Reintegration under the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program"
• Read the Peaceworks, "Designing a Comprehensive Peace Process for Afghanistan"

Related Academy Courses

• Engaging with Identity-Based Differences
• Economic Reconstruction in Conflict-Affected States
• Negotiations from Checkpoints to High Politics