Full disclosure: My friend Anthony Bonello (of B4Apres Media) is the creator and director of this film. This fact however, doesn’t change the fact that I am legitimately intrigued with what he has come up with. His upcoming film, Azadi: Freedom, was recently selected to premiere at the International Freeski Film Festival in Montreal, and has attracted the eye of notable bloggers such as Steve Casimiro. The trailer is short but beautiful, and hints at a ski film with a story that goes beyond “we went here, we schralped that.” The film will feature the skiing of Forrest Coots, Colin Puskas, Chad Sayers and Peter Velisek, not to mention local Kashmiri skiers Billa Bakshi, Yakub Dunoo, Arif Khan and Showkat Ahmmad. Dare I say I am less interested in the skiing than the story behind the region, the ski area and the conflict that has affected both? I dare. Keep an eye out for this one. – Mike Berard
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