When Kabul fell to the Taliban in August of 2021, thousands of Afghans flocked to the airport and tens of thousands more waited in desperation for a chance to flee. Those who made it onto planes in the early days were scattered, and a small number landed, incongruously, at a luxury compound for guests of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
A new documentary “Starting From Zero” follows the stunning journeys of three of those refugees as they seek to begin again.
Here & Now‘s Tiziana Dearing hears from director Hassan Amini and Seema Rezai, one of the subjects of the film and a former member of Afghanistan’s national boxing team.
“Starting From Zero” tells the stories of three Afghan refugees. (Courtesy of Evergreen Media, LLC)
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