The Carver: Crafting Afghanistan's Future
During the Civil War and Taliban regime, art in Afghanistan was non-existent. But thanks to the work of Turquoise Mountain, there is a new generation of young Afghan artists, like Ustaad Massoud, a master wood carver, who are working hard to bring the traditional schools of craft back to Afghanistan as it moves forward. Features interview with Ustaad Massoud, working with Turquoise Mountain’s arts and crafts school. Covering footage shows Massoud in the wood workshop working on different traditional designs. Massoud talks about life under the Taliban, why woodwork is so important to Afghanistan, his dreams of peace and opening his own wood-carving workshop.