Saeed Taji Farouky

Bio

Saeed Taji Farouky is a documentary filmmaker known for creating nonfiction films that celebrate human rights and raise uncomfortable questions regarding personal freedoms and the notion of social justice. His work often requires long periods of filming under dangerous conditions, as was the case with 2015’s Tell Spring Not to Come This Year, which follows one unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) over the course of their first year of fighting in Helmand without NATO support.