In2014,directorRichardLinklaterreleasedBoyhood,afictionalcomingofagesagathatwasfilmedusingthesamecastacrosstwelveyearsThisfilmmirrorsthatconcept:creatingareallifeepicofboyhoodandmanhoodthatfollowsthesameindividualover20years,livinginoneofthemostdangerouscountriesintheworldWhenwefirstmeetMir,heisamischievousboyofsevenlivinginacaveincentralAfghanistanalongsidetheBuddhasofBamiyan,twostatuesthatwererecentlydestroyedFortwodecades,thefilmfollowstheadventuresofhislife,until,asanadultwithafamilyofhisown,hedecidestopursuehisowncareerasanewscameramaninKabulMorethanjustapersonaljourney,MyChildhood,MyCountryisanpowerfulexaminationofwhathas–andhasnot–beenachievedinAfghanistanoverthepast20years