The original painting of "Afghanistan 1380" was to help promote
the movie documentary, also known as "Collateral Damage,"
shown at Mount Saint Mary's College in Brentwood, Ca. The art was painted a number of years ago - so little has changed. We have been in Afghanistan for eight years - 8 years!
Filmed in Afghanistan in October through December 2001, the
film follows the continuing challenges for surgeon Gino Strada and
medical coordinator Kate Rowlands from the human rights group
"Emergency." Having joined forces to set up a hospital in Kabul,
Afghanistan, they saw it shut down by the Taliban. In October, 2001,
they decided to re-open the hospital while the city was still under
heavy attacks in order to guarantee medical and humanitarian
support to civilian war victims. AFGHANISTAN YEAR 1380 shows.
life from the perspective of the Afghan people during this extraordinary
time, and the treatment of Taliban prisoners of war in Northern Alliance jails
The painting by artist John Robertson is approximately 50" x 70" acrylic/latex on unstretched canvas
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