In the Shadow of Bin Laden (2004)

Journey with the world's most traveled filmmaker, Marlin Darrah, as he explores the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan - two countries thrown into the world stage on the war on terrorism. This program goes beyond the headline news, which has shown primarily violence and terror. This program asks the question, "What do we really now about these distant and intriguing frontier countries?" We visit Peshawar, the fascinating principal city of the Northwest Province of Pakistan, with its exciting and colorful street markets filled with money changers, spice merchants, jewelry dealers, gem traders and rug sellers. Darrah also travels to Taliban areas where AK-47s and all types of other weapons are made in small workshops in Tribal Zone towns such as Darra. You'll also see several villages where the Pashtun people try to live peacefully in a region that has known centuries of invasion and warfare. Meet hereditary warlord Ishtiaq Khan and his American wife Cynthia. And finally you'll learn about Pakistani children that have been given the chance to learn more than the Koran, and are now attending Western-style schools, doing their best to improve their lives. All this, in the shadow of bin Laden.