The Forbidden Reel (2020)
Genre: Documentary, History
Director: Ariel Nasr
Actors: Adbul Rasool Khalaqi, Ahmed Zahed, Farooq Ghulam Baraki, Hamsafar Azam, Khaled Aziz, Mohamad Yaqood
Country: Canada
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