You Can't Stop the Music

Overview

What happens when you can no longer practice the profession that is part of your identity? You Can’t Stop the Music is a portrait from today’s Afghanistan, where life in the shadow of the Taliban can at times seem surreal. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Akbar Adeli was a music student at Kabul University. For conservative Afghans, music had been suspect even before the Taliban takeover, but it soon became a gamble with one’s life – especially since Akbar plays Western pop music.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 26, 2022

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Persian

Countries

Afghanistan, Finland

Production

Icebreaker Productions [Finland]

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded