The Network

Name: The Network
Director: Eva Orner
Released: 2012

Eva Orner 2012

With unprecedented access, Australian, LA based Academy and Emmy award winning filmmaker, Eva Orner, reveals the inspiring story of the Mohseni family – brothers Saad, Jahid, Zaid and sister Wajma – as they return to Afghanistan from Australia to help rebuild their country. They knew nothing about the media, but they know about running a successful business and are passionate about giving the Afghan people a voice that had been taken away from them for so long.

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Running Time:	97 min.
Subject(s):	Arts and Culture, Business, Conflicts, Creative, Current Affairs, Economy, History, Human Rights, Internet, Investigative Journalism, Media, Military, Society, War
Language(s):	English
Subtitles:	English
Director(s):	Eva Orner
Producer(s):	Eva Orner
Cinematographer:	Abazar Khayami
Editor(s):	Luis Lopez
Production Company:	Nerdy Girl, LLC

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Variety

Orner artfully and engagingly fashions a portrait of television as a form of entertainment and an agent of change
The Guardian

This could be the pick of SBS’s typically impressive collection of summer documentaries
Monsters and Critics

Non-reality TV finds a place in war-torn Afghanistan in this insightful slice of life of the fledgling broadcast industry.

Ron Wilkinson
The Atlantic

The Network, though, makes a powerful case that, whatever its limitations, a free media, in the form of Sesame Street, cop dramas, travel shows, or women dancing without headscarves, is vital if Afghanistan is ever to know peace.

Noah Berlatsky

Festival Participation

The Heartland Film Festival - 2013
Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature
SXSW - 2013
Sheffield Doc/Fest - 2013
Rio International Film Festival - 2013
Antenna Documentary Festival - 2013
Bergen International Film Festival - 2013
CPH:DOX - 2013

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