Film maker, painter and photographer George Gittoes, met the ice-cream boys wandering the streets of Jalalabad in Afghanistan, selling ice popsicles. And through them he tells the story of the politics, the culture and society of Afghanistan. One of the boys sells ice-cream to help feed his father’s heroin habit, another wants to take his […]

War artist and film maker George Gittoes takes us to the harsh streets of Jalalabad as well as the prison reserved for failed suicide bombers. He is back in Australia to edit his latest film Snow Monkey, about the Afghan city where he spends most of his time; a place he refers to as Taliban […]