KABUL TRANSIT (Dir. David B. Edwards & Gregory Whitmore, 104 min, 2006)

Kabul Transit explores the soul of a city devastated by nearly three decades of war. The film follows city residents in the course of their daily lives and listens to their stories of the past and their hopes for the future. The central character of Kabul Transit is the city itself— neighborhoods leveled by rockets, traditional mud brick homes next to modern glass towers, gleaming SUVs caught in traffic jams with rebuilt taxis. Kabul Transit is about the spirit, as much as it is about the problems of the city. It is about the black humor and sardonic good sense that keep people attuned to the realities of their lives, even as politicians lay the groundwork for battles yet to come.

 

Photographer Credit: Gregory Whitmore
Contact: David Edwards
Email: dedwards@williams.edu