SXSW ’23: “Riders on the Storm” directors on capturing Afghan culture through sport

Take away the SUVs parked out front and the cell phones in the audience, says filmmaker Jason Motlagh, and watching the Afghan sport of buzkashi — in which players on ...

March 13, 2023

Take away the SUVs parked out front and the cell phones in the audience, says filmmaker Jason Motlagh, and watching the Afghan sport of buzkashi — in which players on ...

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Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmanns, Red Bull Studios, Riders on the Storm, SXSW, SXSW '23

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Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmanns, Red Bull Studios, Riders on the Storm, SXSW, SXSW '23

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Andrew Jeffrey joined Realscreen in 2021 as its news editor. Here, he helps to oversee assignment, reporting and editing for Realscreen's daily newsletter. Prior to his work covering documentary and non-fiction film and TV, he worked as a reporter and associate producer for CBC Edmonton, and as a reporter for The Star Calgary, where he covered daily news on beats such as local and provincial politics, health care and harm reduction, sports and education. His work has appeared in other Canadian news outlets such as TVO, the Edmonton Journal and Avenue Magazine.

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