Highest rated movie: Afghan Star (2008)
Lowest rated movie: Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Havana Marking? Cinafilm has a total of 136 reviews across 2 movies directed by Havana Marking.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 65%.
Afghan Star is Havana Marking's highest rated movie, with a score of 73% based on 112 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Havana Marking is Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers, with a score of 57% based on 24 reviews.
Havana Marking is a British producer and director of documentary films. She is best known for the 2009 film Afghan Star which won the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Marking was born in England and moved to the United States as a child. Her father was a professor at the University of Washington and her mother was one of the first female television directors in the UK. After returning to England, Marking worked as a TV researcher and then produced and directed several short films.
She released her first full-length documentary in 2007, The Crippendales, which follows the lives of disabled male strippers. The same year she began filming Afghan Star in Kabul, Afghanistan. Focusing on four contestants who are competing in a TV musical reality programme, Afghan Star was critically successful and won several awards at the 2009 Sundance Festival. Marking is currently at work on a documentary about Setara Hussainzada, a contestant on Afghan Star who received death threats for dancing on the programme.
Havana Marking has directed films starring Daniel Vivian, Rob Kennedy, Habib Amiri and Rafi Naabzada.
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