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Name: Smiling in a War Zone
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006
Duration: 78 min
Cast: Magnus Bejmar

1h 18m runtime

20061h 18mDocumentary

Documentary film with a runtime of 78 minutes, released in 2006. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 18m

Minutes78

One SittingYes

With Break1h 30m

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After the September 11 attacks, airspace became restricted, and allied forces deposed the Taliban regime. In January 2002, Kærn sat in a café in Copenhagen and read a newspaper article about Farial, (16-year old girl in Kabul) wanting to fly airplanes. Kærn decided to fly with partner Magnus Bejmar 6,000 km to Kabul and give the girl the experience of flight, and also reclaim the freedom of the skies. With money from WASP paintings in Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, she bought a Piper Colt from 1961, a small airplane. During a 3 month trip through flight-restricted Balkan, they met with female fighter pilots in Turkey and talked about the world's first female fighter pilot Sabiha Gökçen, and made an aerial heart of smoke with the Turkish Air Force.

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Runtime1h 18m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 30m

Movie Facts

Release Year2006

Runtime1h 18m

LanguageEnglish

GenresDocumentary

DirectorSimone Aaberg Kærn, Magnus Bejmar

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