Frontline Season 28 Episode 7 The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan 2010
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In Afghanistan today, in the midst of war and endemic poverty, an ancient tradition ? banned when the Taliban were in power ? has re-emerged across the country. It?s called Bacha Bazi, translated literally as ?boy play.? Hundreds of boys, some as young as 11, street orphans or boys bought from poor families by former warlords and powerful businessmen, are dressed in women?s clothes, taught to sing and dance for the entertainment of male audiences and then sold to the highest bidder or traded among the men for sex. With remarkable access inside a Bacha Bazi ring operating in northern Afghanistan, Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi investigates this practice, still illegal under Afghan law, talking with the boys, their families and their masters, exposing the sexual abuse and even murders of the boys, and documenting how Afghan authorities responsible for stopping these crimes are sometimes themselves complicit in the practice.
- Released: 2010-04-20
- Runtime : 55 minutes
- Genre : Documentary, News, Talk
- Stars : Will Lyman
- Director :
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1. Digital Nation 2010-02-02
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2. Flying Cheap 2010-02-09
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3. Behind Taliban Lines 2010-02-23
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4. The Suicide Tourist 2010-03-02
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5. The Quake 2010-03-30
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6. Obama's Deal 2010-04-13
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7. The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan 2010-04-20
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8. The Vaccine War 2010-04-27
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9. College, Inc. 2010-05-04
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10. The Wounded Platoon 2010-05-18
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11. Law & Disorder 2010-08-25
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12. Death by Fire 2010-10-19
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13. The Spill 2010-10-26
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14. The Confessions 2010-11-09
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15. Facing Death 2010-11-23
