The Forbidden Reel

Ahmed Zahed

Child Siddiq

Adbul Rasool Khalaqi

Projectionist

Hamsafar Azam

Soviet Spy #1

Khaled Aziz

Soviet Spy #2

Mohamad Yaqood

Afghan Films President

Farooq Ghulam Baraki

Taliban #1

Jamil Dakohai

Taliban #2

Safiulla Sadiqi

Taliban #3

Zakarya Amin

Taliban #4

Koko Gul

Siddiq's Mother

Ibrahim Arify

Self - Filmmaker

Isaaq Nezami

Self - Former Taliban Official

Latif Ahmadi

Self - Filmmaker

Mariam Ghani

Self - Artist

Siddiq Barmak

Self - Filmmaker

Yasmin Yarmal

Self - Actress

Yusuf Jannesar

Self - Filmmaker

Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan

Self (archive footage)

Mohammed Daoud Khan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ahmad Shah Massoud

Self - Mujahid Leader (archive footage)

Jean-Paul Vialard

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mylene Chalifoux

Production Manager

Annette Clarke

Executive Producer

Ariel Nasr

Director, Writer, Co-Producer, Researcher, Still Photographer

Stacey Tenenbaum

Associate Producer

Marie-Pierre Grenier

Sound Designer

Olivier Alary

Original Music Composer

Duraid Munajim

Director of Photography

Reem Haddad

Commissioning Editor

Sergeo Kirby

Producer, Executive Producer, Still Photographer

Karla Baumgardner

Foley Artist

Aisha Jamal

Research Assistant

Annie Jean

Editor

Kat Baulu

Producer

Jane Jankovic

Executive Producer

Fiona Lawson-Baker

Executive Producer

Linda Fong

Executive Producer

Yusuf Jannesar

Archival Footage Coordinator

Charles Faubert

Production Manager

Gaël Cheval

Production Coordinator