Son of a Lion

movie

In the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, a widowed father expects his only son to follow in his footsteps. Darra Adam Khel is home to the ethnic Pashtuns. The local industry is the handcrafting of firearms. It has been this way since long before the war on terror. Eleven-year-old Niaz Afridi works with his father learning how to make and test weapons just as Sher Alam learnt from his father before him. But Niaz doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps. He wants to go to school.

Cast & crew

Mubasir Afridi · Fazal Bibi · Noor Ullah · Hayat Khan Shinwari · Agha Jaan · Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad · Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi · Khaista Mir · Niaz Khan Shinwari · Anousha Vasif Shinwari · Benjamin Gilmour

Studios & networks

Australian Film Commission · Carolyn Johnson Films · Leapfrog Productions