Roots in the wind

In 1979, after the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan, millions of Afghans were forced to leave their
homeland to save their lives, and in the meantime, a huge wave of them immigrated to Iran.
Now, after 4 decades of living in Iran, their second and third generations have been born. They have not
seen their motherland and have not had the experience of living there; On the other hand, they are not
accepted as citizens in Iran. This suspension has placed them in a diasporic situation.
During these years, the Iranian government has made many restrictions on their access to facilities and
services. Prohibition and legal restrictions in choosing residence, travel, job, marriage ban with Iranians,
not having the right to have ownership documents and deprivation of a large part of food, health and
education subsidies have formed a set of laws that emphasize on their temporary nature and not
belonging to the geography of Iran.
On the other hand, Afghans are victims of the discriminatory beliefs and behaviors of some parts of the
society as an "inferior other". Racism and deprivation of basic citizenship rights have caused the social
exclusion of this group in the society.
For this reason, they do not fully consider themselves as belonging to Afghanistan or Iran.
In this documentary, we talk about this excluded group and experience "being Afghani" in Iran from their
perspective. Today's diaspora generation has a new perspective and intends to migrate to another land in
search of homeland.