A Refugee Family Takes Viewers On A Years-Long Escape In 'Midnight Traveler'
An Afghan filmmaker and his family shot hundreds of hours of cell phone footage after fleeing the Taliban. Producer Emelie Mahdavian said it was important to let their first-person story stand alone.
Since 2015, under the threat of the Taliban, Afghan filmmakers Hassan Fazili and Fatima Hussaini, along with their two young daughters, have been on the run for their lives.
The family fled Afghanistan after the extremist group had called for Fazili's death over a film he'd made about one of its commanders.
Even as the refugee family navigates a still-incomplete journey — of death
