I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema.
Mohsen MakhmalbafDo you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world.
Mohsen MakhmalbafBecause there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf