MediaStorm has been collaborating with photojournalist Seamus Murphy to complete a documentary film based on his work A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan. We have started a fundraising campaign on KickStarter to finish this film and get it launched.

In Seamus’ words:
Afghanistan’s recent history is a roller-coaster of foreign involvement and abandonment, resulting in a global crisis the world continues to struggles with today. The country was granted hero-status by the West when it resisted the Soviet invasion. But the vicious civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal, the rise of the Taliban and the al Qaeda attacks launched from its soil on 9/11 made it into a pariah state. Afghanistan has been invaded, used and mythologized, but rarely understood.

This project is the result of over 15 years traveling and photographing in Afghanistan, recording unexpected stories of struggle, survival and hope. My mission is to promote an understanding of this mysterious, complex and fascinating culture in order to help bring about a real and lasting peace.

You can help support Seamus and A Darkness Visible by donating on Kickstarter.