The long awaited and much anticipated film on Afghanistan by award winning local filmmaker Gary Caganoff (National Pass, The Second Step) will have it's world premier screening at The Edge Cinema on 20th August. The 50 minute documentary, entitled The Garden at the End of the World, follows Blue Mountains permaculturalist Rosemary Morrow to Afghanistan to see the effects of 25 years of war on the people, and together with Australian aid organisation Mahboba's Promise, help the country in its struggle to rebuild.

After eight years of much hyped international aid and reconstruction efforts, and the homecoming of millions of refugees, Afghanistan is still experiencing widespread hunger, homelessness and lawlessness. In this very beautiful but confronting film we go with Rosemary into the very heart of Afghan suffering and hear stories of survival directly from the women and children who are hurting the most.

For more than thirty years Rosemary has been working with war-torn communities in South East Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. She was invited to go to Afghanistan by Afghan Australian Mahboba Rawi to help build the capacity of the organisation in Kabul and to simultaneously carry out a feasibility study for permaculture.

With so much suffering perpetuated for so long all that Afghanistan clings to now, is hope. Fed by hope, both Rosemary Morrow's work and that of Mahboba's Promise, is to help the Afghani people plant the seeds of peace in the garden at the end of the world.

Both Rosemary and Mahboba will be attending the screening at The Edge Cinema on Thursday evening 20th August - 6.45 for a 7.15 start. They will be updating us on what's happening in Afghanistan now, what's next for their work, and how you can help.

With all profits of the night going to Mahboba's Promise tickets are $20 each and only available online at http://www.lysisfilms.com or at Megalong Books in Leura and the BM Food Co-op. There is a limit of 350 tickets so be quick to reserve your seats. The film is not suitable for children. For further information please see the Lysis Films' web site or call 041 99 72 427.