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The video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was very good. It kept me interested the whole time. Its amazing how a picture can reveal so much feeling. The picture of the Afghan girl really showed the anguish and suffering she felt and how hard it was for her to live during that time. Now years later after finding the afghan girl, she still reveals that same attitude. But it is relief to know that she has moved on, and has her own family. I strongly reccomend this video, it is a great film to watch.
When the film first began, i recognized the afghan girl from the cover of National Geographic. I was great to see the background of that picture and where the girl was. To me the most shocking part of the movie was to find out that the girl seemed to be in her 30's, but in reality was only about 26. What was you most memorable part of the movie?
After watching this video (Search for the Afghan Girl), i came to believe the quote that says that an image is worth more than a 1000 words. It's hard to believe that such an innocent young girl can reflect so much emotion through her eyes. This video help me understand more the harsh and traumatic condition in which this society is living day by day.
The search of the Afghan Girl was a great movie. I loved how it kept leaving me in suspense. The movie was very interesting, it kept me up. It’s funny how an image of a young girl can impact the world in such a great way. In the photograph taken of this girl, I saw her emotions come out through her eyes. Not just her eyes but her face too. With this picture is very easy to see what the people of Afghanistan are going through. This film not only searches for this Afghan girl but, it also shows how Afghanistan is today. Go watch it, its good!
It's a great movie! It's funny how an image can impact the society the way the picture did. since the moment that I saw the Afghan girl's eyes, those eyes reflect so much emotion that they help me to understand a little bit better the conditions that those people has to deal with in order to survive.
It all began with a simple photograph of a young girl found in a refugee camp whos eyes captivated the world in a story of pain, love, and hope. The film was how the photographer after seventeen years went back to Afghanistan in search of the girl that covered the pages of the well known National Geographic Series. He searched Afghanistan with the help of other refugees that lived there starting with returning to the school it all began. He worked with the United States government by using top technology to find out her eye tissues and other features that only a conputer can discover. After many meeting with other women claiming to be her they call fell short in the end they never turned out to be her. Until finally in a small village living in a small shack like estate he came across the Afghan Girl. The photographer took many pictures and compaired them to the one in which he first took, the original. After months searching it was worth while. Her eyes still like emralds glistening in the sun. She was arranged into a marraige at the age of thirteen and now has four children trying to survive in everyday life like every other person. All she asked in return was for people to know both pain and love that the people of Afghanistan have for their country.
This documentary about the Afghan girl or The Search for the Afghan Girl is a deep and touching film about the search for a troubled girl. The man searching for the girl had taken a photo of her 17 years ago and was traumatized by the pain he saw in the girls beautiful eyes. He found himself going back to Afghanistan to find the girl. Although the odds that this woman would still be alive or that he would ever find her were nearly impossible, he still took on the task and none the less, took it head on. The unforgettable emerald green eyes of that little girl were a symbol of the Afghani people and their troubles. This little girls eyes portrayed the pain and tribulations that the Afghani people go through every day of their life. The questions of how the little girl came out to live or if she survived and if she did how, drove the photographer to search for those eyes one last time. In the end, he found the girl and her daunting eyes. The search for the Afghan girl was over.
The movie The Afghan Girl was a great film that gave you an opportunity to view the Afghanistan lifestyle. It keeps you on your toes waiting to see if they really do find her. It is amazing how much a picture can lead to and how many people went on a search to find her to see what happened with her life. I totally recommend the movie!
The movie the Afghan girl was one of the best movies I have seen.The movie talks about a photograph that a man toke of a girl seventeen years ago. The men go's back after all this years to see if he find her. The man thought he had found her and he didn't. Unfortunatley, time was over and now it was time for him to return back to the U.S so another photographer took his place in search of her. After months of serching he found her with a family and a life of her own. The girl behind the green eyes was now revealed.
The video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was very interesting because it shows you images of the life in Afghanistan. Gives you an idea of their culture. I was very impressed by the way the girl, wich had become a woman with her family and children, had change her appearance due to her suffering in life. It was a great film from National Geographic.
To me, I found it amazing how the girl could have been found after so many years. It illustrated the technology we have today in order to distinguish face characteristics. Her face looked a bit weathered due to the conditions in Afghanistan. One feature definitely stood out: those amazing green eyes.
The video clip about Sharbat Gula famously known as the "Afghan girl" was inspiring. The photographer (Steve McCurry) took a picture of a 10 years old Afghan girl, while at a refugee camp in Pakistan. McCurry returned to Afghanistan several years later in search of her. He endured a couple of false leads before finally completing his remarkable goal of locating her. The Afghan girl looked emotionally distraught after a noticeably difficult 20 years of life after the picture was taken. McCurry's determination in finding the girl is what was most inspiring. The Afghanistan culture requires women to be covered by a vail so their identity would not be shown. Despite this obstacle, McCurry still completed his goal in locating the Afghan girl.
The "Search for the Afghan Girl" video was very impacting and powerful. Throughout the film, hopes of the Afghan girl still being alive are slim to none. You begin to feel more and more anxious with every lead they are given. Upon discovering she is in fact alive and has her own family, is both relieving and uplifting. Finally, the girl we only knew as the "Afghan Girl", has a name and a story. Her story is one of the best I've heard this year.
The search for the afghan girl was a very intresting movie. It kept me awake the whole time.It is amaxing how the picture can revealing feeling and anxiety.I thought that i was a good movie and there should be another one with the afghan girl how she is now. 20-23
When i first saw "The Afghan Girl" i thought it was sad. The picture of the Afghan girl really showed the suffering she felt and how hard it was life for her and all the people in Afghanistan. It was very interesting to see how the eyes can transmit so much information and pain.This film showed me how life was and, how life still is at Afghanistan and I recomend watching it, its a great film!!!
This is a movie about an afghan girl that impacted a society, because of her eyesight. It was an impacting expression, her eyes expressed suffering, hate and sadness. A man took him a picture when during the war, and he was very interested in finding her, so she could explain to him what was the reason she expressed that emotion. After some years of looking for her, he finally found her and she explained to him what was ther reson she expressed like that.
The search for the Afghan girl was an interesting film that kept me on the edge of my seat. It’s amazing how just one picture can let you see the struggle that they were going through back in those days. That picture was an icon it showed the hunger, violence and that lost that they were going through. I recommend people to see this film it's a must see.
CM
The search for the Afghan girl was an interesting film that kept me on the edge of my seat. It’s amazing how just one picture can let you see the struggle that they were going through back in those days. That picture was an icon it showed the hunger, violence and that lost that they were going through. I recommend people to see this film it's a must see.
I liked the video a lot because I could see in it how perseverance triumphed. After many years of looking for the Afghan girl, they found her finally. Her eyes were reflecting the same sadness that years ago the photographer had taken.
February 9, 2007 7:12 AM
The search for the Afghan Girl was very interesting to watch. It was amazing how for many years of war and death in her home town she was still alive and well a little older but the same color eyes. Every scene in the movie left me in suspensed I loved it. It is amazing how a picture can show and reveal so much pain and emotional feelings. I would watch this movie over and over agian I recommed everyone to see it, it is a movie of passion
This documentary was very moving. It amazes me how a man that took such a famous photo, was so determined to find the women he saw such a long time ago. He went to Afghanastan in a mission with barely any leads to find her, and he was so determined to find her that he did! very inspirational and touching story. We should all work together to try and help the Afghanastan community because they are hard working and great people!
Thankyou for this great Documentary!
This video was very interesting. It keeps the viewer's attention throughout the video, and it gives the opportunity too many people to understand all the suffering of not only this woman, but also of the rest of the people who lives in this country. I think her face and specially her eyes made a big impact on the people who watched this movie because not only is unforgettable, but it also reveals how she feels inside of her. I recommend this video.
This film was very detailed and interesting.The afghan girl had eyes to die for.I couldnt believe that they were able to find the woman, and the fact that she was still alive amazed me.My favorite part of the film was when they found her and you got to see her family.For certain i will recommend this film.
This documentary was very moving and special! it amazed me that a man was so determined to find the Afghan girl that he took a photo of in over 10 years. It amazed me that he went to Afghanastan in a mission to find this girl that he met and took photos of so long ago with no lead or anything he was ust so determined to find her that at the end of everything he did. No matter how bad the search seemed to get..when it seemed liek he would never find her, he kept on working for what he wanted and he found her. This film was very special moving and inspiring! We should all work together to help the afghan Community. They are great people.
It's a really good film, we can see that after 17 years the girl was found and her amazing eyes that reflect pain and suffering stay the same,after all of these she was able to overcome most of her pain and she was able to have a family.
This documnetary was interesting and really shows you the suffering that Afghanistan has gone throughout the years. Not only do you see it in the before and after picture of the Afghan girl, but you also see it in all the peoples faces in Afghanistan. This film is great and makes you really appreciate what you have.
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After watching the movie the search for an Afghan girl, it made me realize how lucky we are to have what we have in our society in the United States.It was great to view the Afghanistan lifestyle. The Afghan girl was made National throughout the world, and it was so amazing how nervous she was to have the photo retaken of her again. I enjoyed it and its impact that it had on me the whole movie.
The documentary “Search for the Afghan Girl” was surprisingly one of the best National Geographic films, I’ve seen. Watching the journalist look for any type of clues, for this girl was quite amusing. Being that their only clue was a picture [almost a decade old] of a girl, whose stunning eyes portrayed the suffering of the Afghanistan people. I watched hoping that the journalist would find the girl, watching him become closer to the end of his mystery, to a successful interview with her at the end.
The video "Search fo th Afghan Girl" is an excellent story. It's sad that the girl endured so much grief through out her life. It was a bit shocking to see a nation ruined by war and poverty. I was a little suprised to see her face as a grown women. she seems sader as a women than she did when she was a little girl. this video is worth watching.
Seeing this movie made me see how the fury of this little girl could reflect only in her eyes.Fury the comes from all the suffering the wars inflict in only one child....
Watching the documentary, "Search for the Afghan Girl" opened my eyes to the indigenous perspective of the Afghan people. This powerful film portrays the pain and suffering these people have endured throughout time. It’s amazing how in the eyes of one girl a picture can hold captive a story. The story of a young girl living a life of terror and heartache, yet she is resilient enough to overcome the anguish and start a family of her own. I believe this emotion filled documentary was enjoyable and I think you will agree.
The film was very interesting and enduring. The suspense made me more interested in watching it and being able to see the girl as a grown woman. This film also encourages you to follow your feelings, when you want something you do anything in your power to get it. That is what the photographer did and made the film more interesting to me.
The video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was very interesting. I recognised the picture of the Afghan girl from a National Geograpgic magazine cover from a few years back. The video was very touching. It displays pictures and videos of how the Afghan people live and what they have to go through, which makes you realize how lucky we are to live where we do. I thought that it was a very interesting film and I strongly recomend it to evryone.
The Search for the Afghan Girl takes you on a global expedition trying to solve the case of a missing person. This documentary supplies an exclusive approaching into everyday life in Afghanistan today. The picture of this nameless afghan girl with upsetting sea-green eyes, illustrate how tough was her life. After 17 years the mysterious girl is found, but her eyes still revealing the same hardiness. Her eyes and her face continued being a symbol of wartime dignity and survival …
When I first started watching the film, I remembered reading that National Geographic my senior year in highschool. So I was familiar with it. When they finally found her, she was still young but her face and her green eyes had a symbolism of war and survival.
The film was very interesting. I was kind of sad when it started because they said that maybe the afghan girl was dead. But when they started finding girls that looked like her i had hope. After they found her i was impressed that she had the same look she had years ago. I really recommend this film to others because it's worth it.
The documentary "Search for the Afghan Girl" in my opinion was truly eye opening. I have always heard and had brief examples through the news about what the life style in a place like Afghanistan is like. This documentary goes into further detail of the struggle lived day to day. It was surprising to see how many people had no homes and lived in misery among tents and scraps of clothing. Initially when the quest to find the Afghan girl began I had little hopes for the search to be successful, but it was amazing to see how slowly through science it was becoming possible. Truly this documentary is worth watching. I learned a little more about the culture in the Middle East and it definitely helps while reading the Kite Runner. I would suggest for both readers and non readers of the novel to sit down and watch the documentary to have a little more piece of mind about how lucky we are to live in a country like the America. Perhaps through this film there will be more understanding about how hard it is not only for Americans but for the Middle Eastern world as well.
This video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was very interesting. I felt the girls suffering and pain with a simple picture. I recognized the girls face from the national geographic magazine that I had seen month before. It is very sad to see the suffering this little girl potrayed in her eyes. This video lets you in the way these people live and how their culture functions in some ways. I could say the video was wonderful. I recommend it to everyone. It was a great journey to have searched years later for the Afghan Girl. But it was sad to see that she had the same suffering and pain potrayeds in her eyes. I felt all sorts of things while watching this video.
This video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was very interesting. I felt the girls suffering and pain with a simple picture. I recognized the girls face from the national geographic magazine that I had seen month before. It is very sad to see the suffering this little girl potrayed in her eyes. This video lets you in the way these people live and how their culture functions in some ways. I could say the video was wonderful. I recommend it to everyone. It was a great journey to have searched years later for the Afghan Girl. But it was sad to see that she had the same suffering and pain potrayeds in her eyes. I felt all sorts of things while watching this video.
I stongly recommened others to watch the video "The Search for the Afghan Girl". Its an excellent film about an Afghan girl who had her picture taken by a famous photographer named Steve McCurry. McCurry is known for taking great pictures, but this one in specific touched the hearts of many. Throughout the video McCurry was on a quest to try and find this unknown girl. And what made his journey that much more difficult was the fact that this precise photo was taken 17 years ago. Fortunately, his searching was a success. Watch this film. I can guarantee you will enjoy it!
I strongly agree with aleman88; the video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was an amazing documentary. I was intrigued at every point. Not only was it touching to see how many people were moved into action by a single photograph, but it was interesting to learn how advanced technology is now, that a photograph can be used to determine whether the woman found was the Afghan Girl. It was beautiful to discover she is still alive and living a full life. She may not be living the American dream life but she is alive, with a beautiful family and even the slightest hope. It was disappointing, however, to find that the first woman found was lying about her identity. Why would someone do something like that? Was she driven by hopes of a reward? At least the real Afghan Girl was found.
I have to say i saw this documentary many times already but every time i do see it it keeps me on the edge of my seat.its a very interesting story and it is full of energy and hope.She still seems to be if not stubborn then hesitant on the fact that people are interested in her after so many years.The video is very good and i recommend it to anyone that has interest in mystery or detective work.
Jackie 8-19
In the video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was a very good clip.
It was amazing how just one picture represent all the pain and suffering in Afghanistan. It was also incredible how the photographer went to such great lengths to see if she was alive, well? with kids? if she was suffering? Even after all the years she is still suffering. I think its very important we take time and realize all the things we have and what we take for granted and thank god everyday and ask ourselves how we can help. Finally, I personally think this was a great movie that it should be shared with other people so they can see what it is that they go through over there. I really enjoyed the film.
Jackie 8-19
In the video "Search for the Afghan Girl" was a very good clip.
It was amazing how just one picture represent all the pain and suffering in Afghanistan. It was also incredible how the photographer went to such great lengths to see if she was alive, well? with kids? if she was suffering? Even after all the years she is still suffering. I think its very important we take time and realize all the things we have and what we take for granted and thank god everyday and ask ourselves how we can help. Finally, I personally think this was a great movie that it should be shared with other people so they can see what it is that they go through over there. I really enjoyed the film.
The video clip about "The Search for the Afghan Girl" is deeply touching. It just shows us how good we have it over here. The afghan girl is well known by National Graphic Magazine. The photographer who took her picture is wondering what happen to her it took him years and some help from other people to find her. Her eye's still tells us how much plain she went through. But the sad part is there isn't records about anyone over there.
21-29“The search for the afghan girl” is an attractive video that make people think about the reality of Afghanistan. It shows the deplorable conditions where those people live and the poverty of that country. The story is about a search made for Steven Mc. Curry in order to find a girl that he photographed. With the only clue of her shocking eyes, he was looking for her during seventeen years, and finally…Well I think is better if you watch the video. You will have an unforgettable experience!
In the movie "Search for the Afghan Girl," whose haunting, green-eyed gaze captivated the world in a National Geographic magazine cover photograph, takes an Explorer on a world-wide journey in an attempt to solve the case of a missing person. Photographer Steve McCurry, who took the photograph and has been searching for the girl ever since. He traveled to Pakistan with a National Geographic Explorer team to search one last time. The refugee camp where the original encounter took place was about to be demolished. War in Afghanistan continues, and the plight of refugees there and in Pakistan is worsening. Has the "Afghan Girl" survived? With a lot of detective work the Explorer team, together with McCurry, finds a woman who could be the "Afghan Girl." How do we all know its really her?
The movie "The Afghan Girl" was a great film, it gave me an opportunity to view the Afghanistan lifestyle. I like it how they make this film because the did show everithing, the camera were at all times behind the people who were looking for the girl on the picture. It is amazing how much a picture can lead to and how many people went on a search to find her to see what happened with her life. Its a grat film.
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The film was interesting. At first I didnt think I was going to like it but I thought the science that they use to find the Afgan girl was extordinary. I couldnt believe that after so many years they were able to located one woman by just her eyes. It took the dedication of that photographer that made it all posible...
19-5 Rafael
The "Search for the Afgan Girl" became a mission for these man; many women said they were the afgan girl. Even though they lie its a great thing because in thata they demostrated the crisis they are undergoing at they moment. The movie has a great content and is very interesting to see how someone eyes can tell you so much about their lives, and suffering.
I remember when I first saw the picture a few years back. That’s what kept me so focused on the movie, I too felt like the photographer Steve McCurry. I was eager to find out what had happened to the girl, if she was alive, if she had survived for all those years. When they found the empostor I felt dissapointed. I could not belive she had lost those remarkable green eyes. Yet I kept saying to myself, nah that cant be her.
When she was found, I felt a sense of releave. Roughly17 years later she still had the same facial expression when her first picture was taken. It is sad that after all that struggle to find her and to put a face on a torn apart country that is Afghanitan, Sharbat Gula has returned to anonymity. She will not give another media interview and she wishes not to be contacted. Her family relocated to a different village in Afghanistan.
This movie was about a man who took a photo of a young girl who made an impact on the world with just the look in her eyes. Those green eyes tell a story of pain and suffering, how Afghanistan is suffering. This photographer goes back to Afghanistan after 17 years to try and find her, without knowing if she is alive. He is able to go back to the school where he first met her, and is led to several leads of her whereabouts. In the attempt to find her, he goes around Afghanistan showing a picture of her, and a little boy says he recognizes it and that she's his mother. Struck by excitement and anxiety he goes to meet her but because her husband is not home he has to wait until the next day to meet her if the husband allows it. It's in their custom for the husband to keep their wives from seeing any man especially one who is not a relative without their presence. It turns out that it is not her. Thanks to forensic science, they are able to study and differenciate the eye of the woman they found and eye of the picture. The eye is more accurate than a fingerprint. At the end he is able to find her through a man who said she was his sister. They had the same green eyes. She is still alive, with a husband and children. But she had gone through so much since the last time they met. Her daughter had died.
After so many years, the Afghan girl still remembers him from that day in school. He hadnt changed much, she said. To him she hadnt changed much either. Her eyes still tell that painful story of pain and suffering.
I saw this movie about the afgen girl. I thought that this photogragh was never going to find this afgan girl. when he did find her I was happy for him. It's amaizing what the sun and depression can do to someones eyes!
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