Basir Seerat

About the artist

Basir Seerat is a young filmmaker and photo-journalist with a long personal history of using his chosen career to fight for hope and peace in his country. In 1998 he lived for some time as a refugee. Basir Seerat graduated from Kabul University in 2005 with a Fine Arts degree from the Department of Theater and Cinema. In 2005, he was kidnapped by the Taliban in the Nuristan province while making a documentary film about the lives of women in that region. He escaped from the Taliban jail after ten days. He has worked with many filmmakers, particularly Samira Makhmal Baf, a noted Iranian director.

Caricaturist (2011)
Up to Alphabet (2011)
Gypsy Alphabet (2009)
Bird Street is my home (2009)
Voice of flown city (2005)

Films

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