This 47minute color film was produced in 1982. yet the information it conveys is still quite useful and instructive. The second film. entitled "We are Afghanistan." was produced in 1984 for use in conjunction with United States and worldwide activities marking the fifth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It contains the latest available footage from inside Afghanistan. and through scenes of the refugee camps and extensive interviews with refugees. Western medical volunteers. and Western journalists. documents the plight of the 4 millionplus refugees driven from their homeland. Included are scenes of the aid and cooperation provided by neighboring Moslem and Western countries. scenes of the frontier refugee camps in Pakistan. discussion of the economic and social effects of the refugee influx on Pakistan. the plight of the 1 to 2 million refugees wandering within Afghanistan. homeless. in their attempt to escape the ravages of war. the role of French and American medical volunteers In Afghanistan and the refugee camps. and interviews with individual freedom fighters and London Sunday Times correspondent Barry Penrose after his return from Kabul on an unauthorized visit to that embattled and besieged capital city. The film appropriately closes with scenes that demonstrate the will of the Afghan people to fight until the Soviets are driven from their homeland. Mr.
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