Synopsis: Havana Marking's timely and moving film follows the dramatic stories of four young finalists - two men and two women - as they hazard everything to become the nation's favorite performer. By observing the Afghani people's relationship to their pop culture, Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country's tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What Americans consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary - and more human - in this embattled part of the world.