Like the murder of margaret hassan in iraq a few years ago, ajmals has come to epitomize the horror of. In new york, the tribeca film festival showed a strong documentary, the fixer. The authoritative record of nprs programming is the audio record. Reviewed in the united states on june 22, 2010 fixer. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi is a documentary by ian olds that shows the kidnapping of italian journalist daniele mastrogiacomo and interpreter ajmal naqshbandi and the events leading. The naqshbandi chain is a lineage of spiritual masters of the naqshbandi sufi order related to each other going back to the islamic prophet muhammad. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. His directing credits include the documentary occupation. Quickly analyzing this completely inadequate dataset leads to three conclusions. Part of the hbo documentary films series 09, mondays at 9pm.
The taking of ajmal naqshbandi acquired by hbo, nicole opper off and running and jody lee lipes brock enright. Ajmal naqshbandi, christian parenti, daniele mastrogiacomo, naqeeb sherzad, nawab mohammad, teru kuwayama. It tells the story of ajmal, a young afghan journalist, translator and coordinator working for american journalist christian parenti. The top 25 film festivals for documentaries, 2nd edition. This is an intimate portrait of two colleagues at work. Naqshbandi was one of afghanistans best fixers someone hired by foreign journalists to facilitate, translate, and gain access for their stories.
Organized by the san francisco film society, the international is held each spring for two weeks, presenting around 200 films from over 50 countries annually. San francisco international film festival abbreviated as sfiff is among the longestrunning film festivals in the americas. Full list of nominations for the 2010 news and documentary emmy awards. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi 2009 rotten tomatoes. After the screening, i moderated a panel that featured director ian olds and naqeeb sherzad, a close friend of ajmal, shown at left. The documentary focuses on the 2007 kidnapping and murder of a 24yearold afghan who was hired by foreign journalists to help gather.
Ajmal naqshbandi, christian parenti, daniele mastrogiacomo, naqeeb sherzad, nawab mohammad. The fixer will be about osman, an afghan journalist who has been banished from his. Ever since his videotaped beheading by the taliban on the afternoon of sunday, april 8, ajmal naqshbandi has become a household name in afghanistan. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi is a great documentary that follows the relationship between an afghan interpreter and his client, american journalist christian parenti. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi is a featurelength documentary that follows the relationship between an afghan interpreter and his client, american journalist christian parenti. The death of a young afghani hired by western journalists is removed from the newspaper margins and put front and center in docu helmer ian olds unflinching fixer. The naqshbandi way of dhikr the naqshbandi haqqani sufi. The eleven naqshbandi principles or the rules or secrets of the naqshbandi, known in persian as the kalimati qudsiya sacred words or virtuous words, are a system of principles and guidelines used as spiritual exercises, or to encourage certain preferred states of. Dreamland spent time in afghanistan with journalist christian parenti and his fixer, ajmal naqshbandi. Naqshbandi is the fixer of the title and apparently he was quite good at it. Big ups to all the other documentary filmmakers announced in this list including, ian olds fixer.
A version of this article appears in print on march 9, 2010, section c, page 4 of the new. Ajmal naqshbandi and an italian reporter were captured by the taliban in afghanistan, but while the journalist was spared, he was killed. New taliban and afghan parliamentary election, 2010 see more. A naqshbandi master rends these veils in descending order, starting with those closest to the divine presence and then successively downwards towards the level of the murid. Dvd talk what dvds are you getting on september 7, 2010. Articles with short description template film date with 1 release date all stub articles. In 2007, the taliban kidnapped 24yearold ajmal naqshbandi and an italian journalist. The documentary focuses on the 2007 kidnapping and murder of a 24yearold afghan who was hired by foreign journalists to help gather news stories. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi is as unsettling and complex as the country it traverses. This intimate portrait of two colleagues at work shifts dramatically when ajmal is kidnapped along with an italian reporter. Olds won best new documentary filmmaker 2009 at the tribeca film festival for the film.
Documentary captures a fixers harsh reality committee. Redbox announced that a customer in tampa rented clash of the titans and pushed them over the 1 billion rental mark. This intimate portrait of two colleagues shifts dramatically when ajmal is kidnapped along with an italian reporter. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi, about the slaying of a kidnapped afghan hired by news organizations to work in afghanistan. On this date in 2007, the taliban beheaded hostage ajmal naqshbandi, an afghan fixer. An election to the office of president of afghanistan was held on october 9, 2004. Naqshbandi was one of afghanistans best fixers someone hired by foreign journalists to facilitate. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi, which depicts the working relationship between american journalist christian parenti and his afghan.
Arranging transport, translation and general advice about the rapidly changing afghan countryside, naqshbandi is seen, in footage shot months before his kidnapping by olds, guiding christian parenti, an american journalist writing for the nation. Full list of nominations for the 2010 news and documentary. The afghan parliamentary election, 2010 to elect members of the house of the people wolesi jirga took place on 18 september 2010. Dreamland, which follows the 1 505 company of the 82nd airborne division in fallujah, iraq in early 2004 during the iraq war. San francisco international film festival wikimili, the. This process continues throughout the training of the murid, until there is but one veil, the veil of humanity hijab albashariyya, restraining the murid s vision. A documentary airing tonight on hbo tells the story of one of these locals in afghanistan.
The pirate bay the galaxys most resilient bittorrent site. No death in recent years has so galvanized public opinion here. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi is a documentary by ian olds that shows the kidnapping of italian journalist daniele mastrogiacomo and interpreter ajmal naqshbandi and the events leading to the release of the former and the murder of the latter by the taliban. Search for and download any torrent from the pirate bay using search query the fixer. Naqshbandi is the subject of the aptly titled documentary fixer.
Passing strange, and plans for it to air in 2010 with a possible limited. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing fixer. The fixer the taking of ajmal naqshbandi united nations western. The taking of ajmal naqshbandi 2009 starring christian parenti and ajmal naqshbandi on dvd and bluray. The festival highlights current trends in international film and video production with an emphasis on work that.
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