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The Kidnap Diaries

Dramatised account of film-maker Sean Langan's kidnapping in 2008 while on a quest to become the first western journalist to film the Taliban training camps.

Dramatised account of film-maker Sean Langan's kidnapping in 2008 while on a quest to become the first western journalist to film the Taliban training camps. In a bizarre meeting of East and West, the self-confessed adrenaline junkie strikes up an unlikely friendship with the deeply Islamic family holding him captive. As his captors become his hosts, he begins to question his own motives and discovers a common humanity across the vast cultural divide.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 14 May 201222:25

Credits

RoleContributor
SamiJimi Mistry
Mr CRamon Tikaram
Anabel LanganKate Ashfield
KaneMatthew Marsh
Gul JanAndreas Karras
WriterNorman Hull
WriterNorman Hull
WriterSean Langan
WriterSean Langan
ProducerFlavia Taylor
ProducerFlavia Taylor
DirectorNorman Hull
DirectorNorman Hull

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