Heart of Asia (Afghanistan)

This Russian documentary offered tantalizing glimpses of Afghanistan, which in 1929 was still one of the few heavily-populated areas in the world where the residents continued to live as they did in the Middle Ages. A progressive new leader named Amnullah tries to "Westernize" the country, meeting plenty of resistance from native reactionaries.

Director: Vladimir Yerofeyev

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.