Review | Afghan Star (unrated) ***

Early on in Afghan Star, director Havana Marking's engrossing documentary about the first season of Afghanistan's version of American Idol, the show's director and on-air host Daoud Sediqi says he hopes the program will take people's hands ''away from weapons to music'' and deliver a communal sense of peace to its viewers.

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