''Fire Dancer'' is a 2002 film directed by an
Afghan-American
Afghan Americans ( prs, آمریکاییهای افغانتبار ''Amrikāyi-hāye Afghān tabar'', ps, د امريکا افغانان ''Da Amrīka Afghanan'') are Americans of Afghan descent or Americans who originated from Afghanistan. ...
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Jawed Wassel Jawed Wassel (1959 – October 3, 2001) was an Afghan-American film director who made the film '' FireDancer'', which was the first Afghan film to be submitted for an Academy Award. He was fatally stabbed on October 3, 2001, after getting into ...
. It was the first
Afghan
Afghan may refer to:
*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
*Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...
film to be submitted for an
Academy Award
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.
See also
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Fire dancer
Original artwork by Dave Matthews, a logo that has become a unique representation of the Dave Matthews Band.
External links
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* http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/firedancer/
* http://movies.go.com/firedancer/d776981/drama
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071111132408/http://www.afghancinema.com/more.html
2002 films
2002 drama films
American drama films
Dari-language films
Films shot in Afghanistan
Afghan drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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