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Afghan Mini-doc Challenges Us to Remember the Forgotten

Written by: Murray Suid

Like so many news stories, war reports occupy us for a few minutes and then fade away.  Left behind—in the words of filmmaker Nico Piro—”are the forgotten victims of the forgotten crisis.” Piro’s mini-doc “Today I Will Live” is an antidote to the forgetting. Contrasting shots of a pleasant pizza meal with images of patients in a hospital” undercuts the belief that modern wars “are fought on battlefields between enemy armies. People who can’t flee from a war, stay in the middle of it.” The greatest horror in a place like Afghanistan is the widespread knowledge that “Everyday might be the last.”

The opening title screen contains the warning “Disturbing Content.” But don’t expect gore. What makes this film truly disturbing is the fact that we can so easily put mass violence out of our thoughts. Nico Piro’s ability to disturb us is a very good thing.

“Today I Will Live” was shot on an iPhone XS using the FiLMiC Pro camera app.

You can learn more about the filmmaker on Twitter, Facebook, and Wikipedia

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The editors of MobileMovieMaking have chosen “Today I Will Live” as the Mobile Movie of the Week.

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28 Comments

  1. Maria Patrizia Stasi
    Maria Patrizia Stasi January 18, 2021 at 7:03 pm .

    Today i willi live

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    1. Alessandro sgarito
      Alessandro sgarito January 19, 2021 at 10:07 am .

      Today I will live too

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  2. Gian Claudio Addis
    Gian Claudio Addis January 18, 2021 at 7:20 pm .

    Bellissimo documentario su una terra dimenticata da tutti. Uno dei pochi “giornalisti” e reporter veri rimasti in Italia a fianco degli ultimi.

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  3. Marco Ghiglione
    Marco Ghiglione January 18, 2021 at 7:24 pm .

    Nico Piro always provide real images of this terrible situation!

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  4. Giovanni Cerrone
    Giovanni Cerrone January 18, 2021 at 7:28 pm .

    Onore a un cronoreporter coraggioso e trasparente.

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  5. Silvana Genovese
    Silvana Genovese January 18, 2021 at 7:36 pm .

    I have chosen “Today I Will Live”

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  6. Pina Morina
    Pina Morina January 18, 2021 at 7:38 pm .

    Beautiful!

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  7. Silvana Genovese
    Silvana Genovese January 18, 2021 at 7:38 pm .

    I chosen “Today I Will Live”

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  8. Carmen Collura
    Carmen Collura January 18, 2021 at 7:39 pm .

    Sempre

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  9. Carmen Collura
    Carmen Collura January 18, 2021 at 7:42 pm .

    Sempre molto interessanti e ben fatti i reportage di Nico Piro.

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  10. Carmen Collura
    Carmen Collura January 18, 2021 at 7:48 pm .

    Interessante!

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  11. Serena
    Serena January 18, 2021 at 7:53 pm .

    I vote for this documentary, it gives us a good opportunity to experience what it is like to live in a war-torn Country like Afghanistan, which is too often forgotten. Thank you.

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  12. Pina manente
    Pina manente January 18, 2021 at 8:04 pm .

    “Today I Will Live a great journalistic inquiry

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  13. Elena Galimberti
    Elena Galimberti January 18, 2021 at 8:22 pm .

    Today i Will live!

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  14. Carmen Collura
    Carmen Collura January 18, 2021 at 8:22 pm .

    Grazie!

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  15. Carmen Collura
    Carmen Collura January 18, 2021 at 8:49 pm .

    Interesting !

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  16. Alekos
    Alekos January 18, 2021 at 8:59 pm .

    Today I Will Live is an antidote to the forgetting

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  17. Vincenzo(Enzo) Scuderi
    Vincenzo(Enzo) Scuderi January 18, 2021 at 9:19 pm .

    The best, incisive, reminder of today’s Afghanistan perpetually at war.

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  18. Maria Antonietta Palombi
    Maria Antonietta Palombi January 18, 2021 at 10:15 pm .

    How many people in Kabul could said ‘Today I will live’ also tomorrow?
    Beautiful doc.

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  19. Sara fornaro
    Sara fornaro January 18, 2021 at 10:39 pm .

    Le macchi di sangue difficilmente vanno via, anche dalla memoria di chi le guarda. Un viaggio e un documentario coraggiosi. Molto molto bello.

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  20. Ida Anna Golato
    Ida Anna Golato January 19, 2021 at 6:52 am .

    Grazie a Nico Piro per le consuete sensibilita’ e professionalita’ dimostrate ❤

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  21. Raffaella
    Raffaella January 19, 2021 at 9:52 am .

    Amazing!

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  22. Daniela Roccu
    Daniela Roccu January 19, 2021 at 10:19 am .

    Sempre puntuale e toccante nel documentare una guerra dimenticata.

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  23. Diana Nistico'
    Diana Nistico' January 19, 2021 at 4:43 pm .

    LIVE.

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  24. Rossella
    Rossella January 19, 2021 at 4:58 pm .

    Grazie per raccontare queste storie al posto di chi non puo’ farlo

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  25. Aurelia De Rosa
    Aurelia De Rosa January 19, 2021 at 9:41 pm .

    ‘Today I Will Live’ – not to forget

    Reply
  26. Paola Grauso
    Paola Grauso January 22, 2021 at 9:23 am .

    ‘Today I will’ live’ by Nico Piro.
    The complexity of Afghanistan condensed in few minutes. Great work

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  27. Giuseppe
    Giuseppe January 25, 2021 at 1:49 pm .

    Strong pics, deep story, actual witness. Tks Piro!

    Reply

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