The Other Side of The Tora Bora
Completed June 2007
Format: 1 x 29 MIN
Synopsis
More than five years on from the Battle of Tora Bora and the US military’s ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’, first-generation American Alia Ayub returns to her tribal home in the North West Frontier Provinces of Pakistan. Just 12km from the border with Afghanistan, and with growing Taliban and sectarian tensions in the area, this largely autonomous region remains closed to outsiders. Through unique access, “The Other Side of the Tora Bora” looks beyond this veil of infamy giving insight into a largely misunderstood and under-represented way of life, exposing an ancient culture on the cusp of change, and a region under threat from growing Taliban influences.
Alia Ayub, director of “The Other Side of the Tora Bora”, was Nominated for Best New Work – Factual in the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2008. An update of the documentary, filmed in Spring 2008, is currently in production.
