As the sole breadwinner for his family, Shakib Hamdard struggles to provide for his mom and sisters. But everything changes when the young taxi driver finds himself at the very first audition for Afghan Star.

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Daoud Sediqi grows up in an Afghanistan full of music and movies. Then the Taliban arrive and Daoud becomes a revolutionary on the frontline of the cultural war.

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A young radio producer in Afghanistan is given an impossible task: to create a brand new, revolutionary talent show in just two months.

Music at the end of this episode from Afghan musician Qais Maroof, contestant on The Voice of Afghanistan.

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In Afghanistan, a cultural revolution was televised through a musical talent show, and this is its story.

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