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You can watch Kabullywood (2017) for free on Kanopy.

Afghanistan, 2016. Sikandar and Shab are final-year art students at Kabul University, both with a thirst for life. Amidst the ruins of war-torn Kabul, the couple and their friends spot an abandoned cinema, which miraculously survived 30 years of war. As an act of resistance against the looming return of fundamentalism, a bold dream is enacted and renovation work on the cinema begins. Serious problems soon arise: the withdrawal of powerful family support, the targeting of Shab by her extremist brother, an auto accident and a calamitous fire. Undaunted, Sikandar continues to pursue the dream.

While most war films focus on the battlefield, this story finds its heart in an abandoned cinema reclaimed by art students. It captures a defiant, joyful rebellion through the lens of film lovers refusing to let darkness swallow their city.

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