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Hollywoodgate

Hollywoodgate

2023Movie⏱️ 1h 32m
DocumentaryWar
7
IMDB Rating
708 votes

Immediately after the US pullout from Afghanistan, Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, which is claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. A journalist followed them and filmed the whole takeover.

Director
Ibrahim Nash'at
Writers
Shane Boris, Talal Derki, Ibrahim Nash'at
Stars
Ibrahim Nash'at
Release Date
July 24, 2025
Language
Dari, English, Pashtu
Country
United States, Germany
🏆 12
Wins
🎯 22
Nominations
💬 8
Reviews
📋 2.4K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Ibrahim Nash'at
Ibrahim Nash'at
as Self

💰 Box Office

$20,021
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Filming Location
Afghanistan
Production
Doc Society, Cottage M, Jouzour Productions

🏷️ Keywords

life after war

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryWar

⭐ Featured Review

Unique Look (or is it?) inside Afghanistan under the Taliban
by business_kid2025-03-27
7/10

"This is sobering and sad. How do people like the Taliban, most who have never in their lives known peace, adapt their gerontocratic, patriarchal system based on an extreme interpretation of Shar'ia Law to the complex needs of running a country? They evidently tried, and failed. The country seems very much on a war footing, even in peace. Hollywood gate doesn't show one shot of a woman. To the Taliban, of course, why should it? To the Taliban, A woman is a human 'cow' that you buy and raises your kids. The more educated these women are, the more they protest and demand rig..."

📖 Synopsis

Immediately after the US pullout from Afghanistan, Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, which is claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul. A journalist followed them and filmed the whole takeover.