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AINA trains Afghani Journalists and photojournalists, men and women, and provides classes in camera skills and script writing. AINA also produces Afghani-made films. One of the films is a Documentary entitled " Afghanistan Unveiled ," which was made by thirteen Afghan women, including Jamila Emami and Gul Makai Rangbar . It premiered July 16 , 2003 at a luncheon at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC . The National Geographic Society then provided AINA a grant of $50,000 to fund a children's magazine, Parvaz. Another project in Afghanistan run by AINA and funded by the United Nations , the International Organization For Migration , Britain's Department for International Development and the European Commission , involves Mobile Cinema s. In five-month periods in both 2002 and 2003, eight mobile cinemas travelled Afghanistan, bringing Educational Film s to nearly a million people across the country. It is estimated that in 2002, the program reached 450,000 people in six weeks. Under the direction of coordinator Nicolas Delloye , the 2003 goal was to reach twice that. To reach the goal, eight mobile cinema teams were to spend five months roaming Afghanistan, reaching 1,000 villages. The three 30-minute education films involved ("Our School" by Ahad Zhwand , "The Afghan Cultural Heritage" by Waheed Ramaqh , and "The Voice of the Heart" by Mirwais Rekab ) were made under Afghan Films . AINA estimates that less that 20% of Afghanis have ever seen a film before. Films and most other forms of entertainment were banned under the Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001. Furthermore, less that 10% of Afghanistan's population has access to Electricity . EXTERNAL LINKS: |
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