Howls from the Underground: Persecution, Protest Music and Travis Beard's 'RocKabul'

In Afghanistan, where theocratic conservatism deems Western cultural forms sinful and sinister, metal band District Unknown is sparking resistance through its music. But, as chronicled by documentarian Travis Beard, this type of artistic subversion is not without complications – and, writes Lauren Carroll Harris, neither is the recounting of it in film.

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rock, politics, protest, Sound Central festival.