Interview: Ariel Nasr

By News Staff

Posted February 19, 2013 4:18 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Afghan-Canadian filmmaker Ariel Nasr is nominated for an Oscar as producer of the Live Action Short “Buzkashi Boys.” Gloria Martin talked to him about the very unusual story.

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