In the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, a widowed father expects his only son to follow in his footsteps. Darra Adam Khel is home to the ethnic Pashtuns. The local industry is the handcrafting of firearms. It has been this way since long before the war on terror. Eleven-year-old Niaz Afridi works with his father learning how to make and test weapons just as Sher Alam learnt from his father before him. But Niaz doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps. He wants to go to school.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Australian Film Commission, Carolyn Johnson Films, Leapfrog Productions
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Top Cast
Niaz Khan Shinwari as The Son
Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad as The Father
Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi as The Uncle
Anousha Vasif Shinwari as Anousha Baktiyar
Fazal Bibi as Grandma
Khaista Mir as Pite Afridi
Hayat Khan Shinwari as Hayat Afridi
Agha Jaan as Agha Jaan
Top Crew
Benjamin Gilmour · Director, Writer
Carolyn Johnson · Producer
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