Community Supported Film’s Afghan trainees are now shooting the film Brewing Tea in a Kettle of War (BTKW). BTKW will look from Afghan villagers’ perspectives at the impact of outsiders coming into their communities trying to help them. Specifically, international audiences will experience what it is like when foreign soldiers, contractors and the Afghan government arrive with aid. Through these stories the benefits of bottom up versus the costs of top down development approaches and the impact of local versus foreign ownership will be revealed. These parallel stories will allow the international community a unique insight into the sustainability of these different approaches as both external and internal forces struggle for peace in war-weary and self-determined Afghanistan.
The current production work is focused on the following three stories of conflict and development
• Water: The challenges facing communities due to flash flooding, conflict over water access and drought.
• Women’s Poverty – the poorest of the poor: Alleviation of women’s poverty through community engagement, such as the formation of women’s CDCs, and the resultant income generation programs undertaken by the communities.
• Conflict Resolution: Villagers coming together against insurgents in defense of their development projects.
Watch the trailer:
