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The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan is a film of genre Documentary directed by Jamie Doran released in USA on 20 april 2010

The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (2010)

The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
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Released in USA 20 april 2010
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The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan is a 2010 documentary film by Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi about the practice of bacha bazi in Afghanistan. The 52-minute documentary premiered in the UK at the Royal Society of Arts on March 29, 2010 and aired on PBS Frontline in the United States on April 20.

Bacha bazi, also known as bacchá (from the Persian bacheh بچه‌), literally "playing with boys" in Persian and Pashto), is a form of sexual slavery and child prostitution in which prepubescent and adolescent boys are sold to wealthy or powerful men for entertainment and sexual activities. This business thrives in Afghanistan, where many men keep dancing boys as status symbols. The practice is illegal under Afghan law.
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