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Cinema Nomad
Uzbekistan
Season 1
Episode 104
Mukhlisa is the first and only film commissioner of Uzbekistan, an institution which she co-created in 2018. She is the director of a big-budget action-thriller flick, “Scorpion,” the highest grossing film in Uzbekistan’s history, which brought her national fame. She is proud to share her culture on screen as we visit this Silk Road country full of stunning Islamic architecture.
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