SILVA SCREEN RECORDS PRESENTS

AFGHAN STAR—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack to Havana Marking's documentary film on Afghan TV American Idol-style
series, featuring the very best contestants performing the songs that held a
nation enthralled.

Winning two documentary awards at the Sundance Film Festival, the film is
unanimously praised in the press

"A fantastic documentary about a talent competition in a country where you would
never dream such a thing is possible!" - Oprah Winfrey

"Takes us somewhere few movies have…the film's hard-won good vibes had the
audience cheering!" - Ty Burr, Boston Globe

In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing and after thirty years of war and five
devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the
country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular
American Idol-style series Afghan Star and voting for their favorite singers by
mobile phone. This documentary follows the dramatic stories of four contestants
as they risk all to become the nation's favorite singer.

The film opens across the US throughout summer and autumn.

Release date: September 1, 2009

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