Three Songs for Benazir

Three Songs for Benazir (2021)

June 2nd, 20210h 22min

Documentary
62%

Overview

The story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul—struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family. Even as Shaista’s love for Benazir is palpable, the choices he must make to build a life with her have profound consequences.


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