Angels Are Made of Light

Angels Are Made of Light

2018 · 117 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary

American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.

Directed by James Longley

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