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Silencing the Song: A Fallen Afghan Star

The award-winning 2009 documentary Afghan Star followed contestants competing in Afghanistan’s version of American Idol. This follow-up focuses on the most controversial of them, a woman who enraged traditionalists when her head scarf slipped during a performance. The filmmakers catch up with her six months later, when she still fears not only for her own life but for that of her unborn child. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m., HBO2

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