Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi
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Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi is a documentary by Ian Olds that shows the kidnapping of Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo
and interpreter Ajmal Naqshbandi and the events leading to the release of the former and the murder of the latter by the Taliban. Olds won Best New Documentary Filmmaker 2009 at the Tribeca Film Festival
for the film.
Daniele Mastrogiacomo
Daniele Mastrogiacomo is an Italian-Swiss journalist and a war correspondent for la Repubblica newspaper....
and interpreter Ajmal Naqshbandi and the events leading to the release of the former and the murder of the latter by the Taliban. Olds won Best New Documentary Filmmaker 2009 at the Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
for the film.
External links
- Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi - video report by Democracy Now!
- Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi at HBO